Grade 36 Titanium vs. AISI 304N Stainless Steel
Grade 36 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while AISI 304N stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 36 titanium and the bottom bar is AISI 304N stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 9.1 to 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 220 to 440 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 | |
| 420 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 | |
| 620 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 520 | |
| 270 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 320 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 2020 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1950 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.1 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 58 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 920 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 59 | |
| 98 to 280 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1260 | |
| 180 to 1830 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 9.3 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 22 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 45 | |
| 14 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0035 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 66.4 to 73.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 42 to 47 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.1 to 0.16 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 52.3 to 58 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |