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Grade C-5 Titanium vs. Nickel 601

Grade C-5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 29 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 grade C-5 titanium and the bottom bar is nickel 601.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
200
Elongation at Break, % 6.7
10 to 38
Fatigue Strength, MPa 510
220 to 380
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 40
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1000
660 to 890
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 940
290 to 800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 410
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 340
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1610
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1560
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 560
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 7.1
11
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.6
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.0
1.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.0
1.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
49
Density, g/cm3 4.4
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 38
8.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 610
110
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
280

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 66
86 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 4200
210 to 1630
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 35
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 63
22 to 30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 50
20 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.9
2.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 71
17 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 5.5 to 6.8
1.0 to 1.7
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0
21 to 25
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 1.0
Hydrogen (H), % 0 to 0.015
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
7.7 to 20
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.050
58 to 63
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.25
0
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 87.5 to 91
0
Vanadium (V), % 3.5 to 4.5
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.4
0