Grade 20 Titanium vs. N06230 Nickel
Grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while N06230 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 20 titanium and the bottom bar is N06230 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 17 | |
| 38 to 48 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 630 | |
| 250 to 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 83 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 740 | |
| 420 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 1270 | |
| 620 to 840 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 1190 | |
| 330 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.6 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 9.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 52 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 860 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 150 | |
| 200 to 330 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2940 to 5760 | |
| 250 to 380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 50 to 70 | |
| 18 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 52 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 to 77 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Lanthanum (La), % | 0 | |
| 0.0050 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 47.5 to 65.2 |
| 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 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 71 to 77 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 15 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |