Titanium 4-4-2 vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Titanium 4-4-2 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is titanium 4-4-2 and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 590 to 620 | |
| 310 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 20 | |
| 56 to 62 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 690 to 750 | |
| 500 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1150 to 1250 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1030 to 1080 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 6.7 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.6 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 30 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 480 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 4700 to 5160 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 68 to 74 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 52 to 55 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.6 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 86 to 93 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.3 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 85.8 to 92.2 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |