ASTM B817 Type I vs. Nickel 685
ASTM B817 type I belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while nickel 685 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM B817 type I and the bottom bar is nickel 685.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.0 to 13 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 360 to 520 | |
| 470 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 5.0 to 29 | |
| 20 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 960 | |
| 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 700 to 860 | |
| 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 340 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1550 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 560 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.1 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.6 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.4 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 38 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 610 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 30 to 120 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2310 to 3540 | |
| 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 to 60 | |
| 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 42 to 49 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 54 to 68 | |
| 37 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 5.5 to 6.8 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.030 to 0.1 |
| Chlorine (Cl), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 49.6 to 62.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sodium (Na), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 87 to 91 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.12 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |