Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. ASTM B817 Type I
Nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while ASTM B817 type I belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel beryllium 360 and the bottom bar is ASTM B817 type I.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 30 | |
| 4.0 to 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 710 | |
| 360 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1860 | |
| 770 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1590 | |
| 700 to 860 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1600 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 1550 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 7.1 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 9.6 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 5.0 | |
| 1.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 5.4 | |
| 2.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 4.4 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 190 | |
| 30 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 3440 | |
| 2310 to 3540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 62 | |
| 48 to 60 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 42 to 49 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 2.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 46 | |
| 54 to 68 |