Titanium 4-4-2 vs. EN 1.4421 Stainless Steel
Titanium 4-4-2 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 1.4421 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is titanium 4-4-2 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4421 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 590 to 620 | |
| 380 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1150 to 1250 | |
| 880 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1030 to 1080 | |
| 620 to 950 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 6.7 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.6 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 30 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 480 | |
| 36 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 120 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 4700 to 5160 | |
| 960 to 2270 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 68 to 74 | |
| 31 to 39 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 52 to 55 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.6 | |
| 4.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 86 to 93 | |
| 31 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 74.4 to 80.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.3 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 85.8 to 92.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |