Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. Grade 20 Titanium
Nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel beryllium 360 and the bottom bar is grade 20 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 30 | |
| 5.7 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 710 | |
| 550 to 630 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 47 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 1100 | |
| 560 to 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1860 | |
| 900 to 1270 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1590 | |
| 850 to 1190 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 1600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 520 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 9.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 5.0 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 190 | |
| 71 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 3440 | |
| 2940 to 5760 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 62 | |
| 50 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 41 to 52 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 46 | |
| 55 to 77 |