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2024 Aluminum vs. EN 2.4851 Nickel

2024 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 2.4851 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 2024 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 2.4851 nickel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.0 to 16
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 90 to 180
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
76
Shear Strength, MPa 130 to 320
430
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 200 to 540
650
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 100 to 490
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
1200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1360
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 500
1310
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
11
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 30
1.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 90
1.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
49
Density, g/cm3 3.0
8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
8.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
120
Embodied Water, L/kg 1140
280

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 20 to 68
170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 70 to 1680
130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 50
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 49
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 46
2.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.6 to 24
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.7 to 94.7
1.0 to 1.7
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0060
Carbon (C), % 0
0.030 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
21 to 25
Copper (Cu), % 3.8 to 4.9
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
7.7 to 18
Magnesium (Mg), % 1.2 to 1.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.9
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
58 to 63
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.5
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0