Grade 20 Titanium vs. Monel K-500
Grade 20 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while Monel K-500 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 20 titanium and the bottom bar is Monel K-500.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 17 | |
| 25 to 36 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 630 | |
| 260 to 560 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 61 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 740 | |
| 430 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 1270 | |
| 640 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 to 1190 | |
| 310 to 880 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.6 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 52 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 860 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 150 | |
| 180 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2940 to 5760 | |
| 300 to 2420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 50 to 70 | |
| 21 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 52 | |
| 19 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 to 77 | |
| 21 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 2.3 to 3.2 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 27 to 33 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 63 to 70.4 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 71 to 77 | |
| 0.35 to 0.85 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |