Titanium 6-6-2 vs. Nickel 601
Titanium 6-6-2 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 29 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 6-6-2 and the bottom bar is nickel 601.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.7 to 9.0 | |
| 10 to 38 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 590 to 670 | |
| 220 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 670 to 800 | |
| 440 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1140 to 1370 | |
| 660 to 890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1040 to 1230 | |
| 290 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 540 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 5.5 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.4 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.1 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.1 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 40 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 29 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 470 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 89 to 99 | |
| 86 to 200 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 66 to 79 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 57 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.1 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 75 to 90 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.35 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.35 to 1.0 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 82.8 to 87.8 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |