Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. Grade 21 Titanium
Nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel beryllium 360 and the bottom bar is grade 21 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 140 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 30 | |
| 9.0 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 710 | |
| 550 to 660 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 51 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 1100 | |
| 550 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1860 | |
| 890 to 1340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1590 | |
| 870 to 1170 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1740 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 1690 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 7.5 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 7.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 5.4 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 190 | |
| 110 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 3440 | |
| 2760 to 5010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 62 | |
| 46 to 69 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 38 to 50 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 46 | |
| 66 to 100 |