Titanium 15-3-3-3 vs. EN 2.4878 Nickel
Titanium 15-3-3-3 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 27 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 titanium 15-3-3-3 and the bottom bar is EN 2.4878 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 8.0 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 610 to 710 | |
| 400 to 410 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 660 to 810 | |
| 750 to 760 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1120 to 1390 | |
| 1210 to 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1100 to 1340 | |
| 740 to 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 8.1 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.8 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 40 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 59 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 950 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 78 to 89 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 64 to 80 | |
| 41 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 57 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 79 to 98 | |
| 37 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 43.6 to 52.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0070 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 72.6 to 78.5 | |
| 2.8 to 3.2 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |