MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

201.0 Aluminum vs. AWS BNi-6

201.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AWS BNi-6 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is 201.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is AWS BNi-6.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
160
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
62
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 370 to 470
450

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
260
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
880
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 570
880
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 19
9.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 38
55
Density, g/cm3 3.1
8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.7
9.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
130

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
11
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 45
22
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 33 to 42
15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 37 to 44
16
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19 to 25
20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 92.1 to 95.1
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.060
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 4.0 to 5.2
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.15
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.15 to 0.55
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
87.2 to 90
Phosphorus (P), % 0
10 to 12
Selenium (Se), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0
Silver (Ag), % 0.4 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.050
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.050
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5