Grade 20 Titanium vs. Nickel 718
Grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while nickel 718 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 26 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 grade 20 titanium and the bottom bar is nickel 718.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 17 | |
| 12 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 630 | |
| 460 to 760 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 23 | |
| 34 to 64 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 740 | |
| 660 to 950 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 1270 | |
| 930 to 1530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 1190 | |
| 510 to 1330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1340 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 1260 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.6 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 52 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 860 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 150 | |
| 140 to 390 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2940 to 5760 | |
| 660 to 4560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 50 to 70 | |
| 31 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 52 | |
| 25 to 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 to 77 | |
| 27 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 11.1 to 24.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 50 to 55 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 71 to 77 | |
| 0.65 to 1.2 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |