Grade 6 Titanium vs. N07752 Nickel
Grade 6 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while N07752 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 6 titanium and the bottom bar is N07752 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 | |
| 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 27 | |
| 23 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 530 | |
| 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 | |
| 1120 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 840 | |
| 740 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1580 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 550 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 7.8 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.4 | |
| 12 |
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 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.5 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 30 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 480 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 260 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 92 | |
| 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3390 | |
| 1450 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 55 | |
| 37 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 46 | |
| 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 65 | |
| 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0070 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14.5 to 17 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 5.0 to 9.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 70 to 77.1 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0080 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 89.8 to 94 | |
| 2.3 to 2.8 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |