EN 2.4878 Nickel vs. Titanium 4-4-2
EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while titanium 4-4-2 belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4878 nickel and the bottom bar is titanium 4-4-2.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 17 | |
| 10 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 400 to 410 | |
| 590 to 620 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 750 to 760 | |
| 690 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 to 1250 | |
| 1150 to 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 780 | |
| 1030 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1030 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 6.7 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 39 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 4.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 30 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 480 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 180 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1370 to 1540 | |
| 4700 to 5160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 to 42 | |
| 68 to 74 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 52 to 55 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 2.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 to 39 | |
| 86 to 93 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.010 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 25 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.6 to 52.2 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0070 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.2 | |
| 85.8 to 92.2 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |