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R56401 Titanium vs. N06230 Nickel

R56401 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while N06230 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is R56401 titanium and the bottom bar is N06230 nickel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
210
Elongation at Break, % 9.1
38 to 48
Fatigue Strength, MPa 480
250 to 360
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 40
83
Shear Strength, MPa 560
420 to 600
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 940
620 to 840
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 850
330 to 400

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 410
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 340
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1610
1370
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1560
1300
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 560
420
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 7.1
8.9
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.6
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.0
1.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.0
1.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
85
Density, g/cm3 4.5
9.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 38
11
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 610
160
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
290

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 83
200 to 330
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 3440
250 to 380
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
12
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 35
21
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 59
18 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 48
17 to 21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.9
2.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 67
17 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 5.5 to 6.5
0.2 to 0.5
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.015
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.050 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0
20 to 24
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 5.0
Hydrogen (H), % 0 to 0.012
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 3.0
Lanthanum (La), % 0
0.0050 to 0.050
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0.3 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
47.5 to 65.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.050
0
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.13
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0
0.25 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 88.5 to 91
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
13 to 15
Vanadium (V), % 3.5 to 4.5
0