EN 2.4878 Nickel vs. Grade 5 Titanium
EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while grade 5 titanium belongs to the titanium 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 EN 2.4878 nickel and the bottom bar is grade 5 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 17 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 400 to 410 | |
| 530 to 630 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 750 to 760 | |
| 600 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 to 1250 | |
| 1000 to 1190 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 780 | |
| 910 to 1110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1030 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1650 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 6.8 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 610 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 180 | |
| 100 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1370 to 1540 | |
| 3980 to 5880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 to 42 | |
| 62 to 75 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 50 to 56 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 to 39 | |
| 76 to 91 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 5.5 to 6.8 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.010 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 25 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.6 to 52.2 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| 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 | |
| 87.4 to 91 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Yttrium (Y), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |