Nickel 200 vs. R05400 Tantalum
Nickel 200 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while R05400 tantalum belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 200 and the bottom bar is R05400 tantalum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 44 | |
| 1.1 to 28 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 69 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 420 to 540 | |
| 210 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 370 | |
| 140 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 140 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 140 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 69 | |
| 59 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 6.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 17 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 650 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 150 | |
| 5.5 to 53 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 42 to 370 | |
| 50 to 420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 11 | |
| 6.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 11 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 3.6 to 9.0 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 4.8 to 8.8 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 17 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 13 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 99 to 100 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 99.7 to 100 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |