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2024 Aluminum vs. Grade N12MV Nickel

2024 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade N12MV nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 grade N12MV nickel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
220
Elongation at Break, % 4.0 to 16
6.8
Fatigue Strength, MPa 90 to 180
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
84
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 200 to 540
600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 100 to 490
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 500
1570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
390
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
75
Density, g/cm3 3.0
9.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
16
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
200
Embodied Water, L/kg 1140
260

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 20 to 68
34
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 70 to 1680
220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
22
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 50
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 49
17
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.6 to 24
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.7 to 94.7
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 3.8 to 4.9
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
4.0 to 6.0
Magnesium (Mg), % 1.2 to 1.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.9
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
26 to 30
Nickel (Ni), % 0
60.2 to 69.8
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.2 to 0.6
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0