Nickel 908 vs. Grade 25 Titanium
Nickel 908 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while grade 25 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 908 and the bottom bar is grade 25 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 450 | |
| 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 800 | |
| 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1340 | |
| 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 930 | |
| 940 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 920 | |
| 340 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 7.1 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.6 | |
| 9.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.3 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 700 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2340 | |
| 4220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 45 | |
| 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 61 | |
| 71 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 5.5 to 6.8 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.013 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 35.6 to 44.6 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 47 to 51 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 2.7 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.2 to 1.8 | |
| 86.7 to 90.6 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |