R05252 Alloy vs. R05255 Alloy
Both R05252 alloy and R05255 alloy are otherwise unclassified metals. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R05252 alloy and the bottom bar is R05255 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 70 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 | |
| 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 | |
| 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 140 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
| 140 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.7 | |
| 6.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 17 | |
| 17 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 600 | |
| 630 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 63 | |
| 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 530 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.5 | |
| 6.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 12 | |
| 11 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.2 | |
| 9.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.1 | |
| 8.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 88.8 to 91 | |
| 95.9 to 98 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 2.0 to 3.5 |