Grade C-5 Titanium vs. S41050 Stainless Steel
Grade C-5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while S41050 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade C-5 titanium and the bottom bar is S41050 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 310 | |
| 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.7 | |
| 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 510 | |
| 160 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1000 | |
| 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 940 | |
| 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 340 | |
| 720 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.1 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.6 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.0 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 38 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 610 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 97 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 66 | |
| 98 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 4200 | |
| 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 63 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 7.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 71 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 10.5 to 12.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 84.2 to 88.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.6 to 1.1 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 87.5 to 91 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |