Grade 21 Titanium vs. Nickel 601
Grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 21 titanium and the bottom bar is nickel 601.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 140 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 17 | |
| 10 to 38 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 220 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 51 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 790 | |
| 440 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1340 | |
| 660 to 890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 870 to 1170 | |
| 290 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1740 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1690 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.5 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.1 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.4 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 32 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 490 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 180 | |
| 86 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2760 to 5010 | |
| 210 to 1630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 46 to 69 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 38 to 50 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 66 to 100 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 2.2 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.17 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 76 to 81.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |