EN 2.4878 Nickel vs. Grade 20 Titanium
EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 25 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 EN 2.4878 nickel and the bottom bar is grade 20 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 17 | |
| 5.7 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 400 to 410 | |
| 550 to 630 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 47 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 750 to 760 | |
| 560 to 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 to 1250 | |
| 900 to 1270 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 780 | |
| 850 to 1190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1030 | |
| 370 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 520 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 9.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 860 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 180 | |
| 71 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1370 to 1540 | |
| 2940 to 5760 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 to 42 | |
| 50 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 41 to 52 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 to 39 | |
| 55 to 77 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.010 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 25 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.6 to 52.2 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0070 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.2 | |
| 71 to 77 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |