S21800 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 9 Titanium
S21800 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 9 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 27 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 S21800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 9 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 40 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 | |
| 330 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 62 | |
| 28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 | |
| 430 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 | |
| 700 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 | |
| 540 to 830 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 340 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1310 | |
| 1590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 9.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 36 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 580 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 250 | |
| 89 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 390 | |
| 1380 to 3220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 | |
| 43 to 60 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 39 to 48 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 52 to 71 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 59.1 to 65.4 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.080 to 0.18 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 92.6 to 95.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |