Grade 20 Titanium vs. Nickel Beryllium 360
Grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 20 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 grade 20 titanium and the bottom bar is nickel beryllium 360.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 17 | |
| 1.0 to 30 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 630 | |
| 260 to 710 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 740 | |
| 510 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 1270 | |
| 780 to 1860 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 1190 | |
| 380 to 1590 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1330 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 1200 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.6 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 8.3 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 150 | |
| 12 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2940 to 5760 | |
| 360 to 3440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 50 to 70 | |
| 26 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 52 | |
| 23 to 41 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 to 77 | |
| 19 to 46 |