R56401 Titanium vs. N07716 Nickel
R56401 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while N07716 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R56401 titanium and the bottom bar is N07716 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.1 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 480 | |
| 690 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 17 | |
| 46 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 | |
| 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 940 | |
| 860 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 340 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.1 | |
| 11 |
| 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 | |
| 1.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 38 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 610 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 | |
| 240 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3440 | |
| 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 59 | |
| 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 48 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 67 | |
| 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 11.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 9.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 59 to 63 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 4.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 88.5 to 91 | |
| 1.0 to 1.6 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |