Grade 5 Titanium vs. Nickel 718
Grade 5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while nickel 718 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 5 titanium and the bottom bar is nickel 718.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.6 to 11 | |
| 12 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 530 to 630 | |
| 460 to 760 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 21 to 25 | |
| 34 to 64 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 33 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 660 to 950 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1000 to 1190 | |
| 930 to 1530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 910 to 1110 | |
| 510 to 1330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 330 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1340 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1650 | |
| 1260 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 6.8 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.9 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.0 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 1.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.4 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 38 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 610 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 to 110 | |
| 140 to 390 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3980 to 5880 | |
| 660 to 4560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 62 to 75 | |
| 31 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 56 | |
| 25 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.7 | |
| 3.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 76 to 91 | |
| 27 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.8 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 11.1 to 24.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 50 to 55 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 87.4 to 91 | |
| 0.65 to 1.2 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Yttrium (Y), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |