Nickel 601 vs. Grade 5 Titanium
Nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while grade 5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 601 and the bottom bar is grade 5 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 38 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 380 | |
| 530 to 630 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 530 | |
| 600 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 890 | |
| 1000 to 1190 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 800 | |
| 910 to 1110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1650 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 6.8 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 8.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 1.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 2.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 610 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 200 | |
| 100 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 1630 | |
| 3980 to 5880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 30 | |
| 62 to 75 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 25 | |
| 50 to 56 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 76 to 91 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 5.5 to 6.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.7 to 20 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 63 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 87.4 to 91 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Yttrium (Y), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |