60Cr-40Ni Alloy vs. Grade 21 Titanium
60Cr-40Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 60Cr-40Ni alloy and the bottom bar is grade 21 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 140 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.25 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 87 | |
| 51 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 | |
| 890 to 1340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 | |
| 870 to 1170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 7.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 5.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.4 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 490 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 380 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1000 | |
| 2760 to 5010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 46 to 69 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 38 to 50 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 66 to 100 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 58 to 62 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 34.5 to 42 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 2.2 to 3.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.17 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 76 to 81.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |