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2014 Aluminum vs. N06025 Nickel

2014 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while N06025 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. 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 2014 aluminum and the bottom bar is N06025 nickel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 72
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.5 to 16
32
Fatigue Strength, MPa 90 to 160
220
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
76
Shear Strength, MPa 130 to 290
500
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 190 to 500
760
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 100 to 440
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 210
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 630
1350
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 510
1300
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 150
11
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 40
1.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 120
1.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
50
Density, g/cm3 3.0
8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.1
8.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
120
Embodied Water, L/kg 1130
290

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 6.6 to 56
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 76 to 1330
240
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 46
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 46
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 58
2.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.4 to 22
21

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.4 to 95
1.8 to 2.4
Carbon (C), % 0
0.15 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 3.9 to 5.0
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
8.0 to 11
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.2 to 0.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 1.2
0 to 0.15
Nickel (Ni), % 0
59.2 to 65.9
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 1.2
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0.1 to 0.2
Yttrium (Y), % 0
0.050 to 0.12
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0.010 to 0.1
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0