Grade 6 Titanium vs. N07716 Nickel
Grade 6 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while N07716 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 6 titanium and the bottom bar is N07716 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 | |
| 690 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 27 | |
| 46 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 530 | |
| 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 | |
| 860 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 840 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1580 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.8 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.4 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.2 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 1.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 30 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 480 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 92 | |
| 240 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3390 | |
| 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 55 | |
| 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 46 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 65 | |
| 24 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 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 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 89.8 to 94 | |
| 1.0 to 1.6 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |