Grade 29 Titanium vs. S45500 Stainless Steel
Grade 29 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while S45500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 29 titanium and the bottom bar is S45500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 11 | |
| 3.4 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 460 to 510 | |
| 570 to 890 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 17 | |
| 34 to 45 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 560 | |
| 790 to 1090 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 940 | |
| 1370 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 870 | |
| 1240 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 340 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.3 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 39 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 640 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 410 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 62 to 100 | |
| 45 to 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 58 to 59 | |
| 48 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 47 to 48 | |
| 35 to 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 68 to 69 | |
| 48 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 71.5 to 79.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 9.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Ruthenium (Ru), % | 0.080 to 0.14 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 88 to 90.9 | |
| 0.8 to 1.4 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |