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2024 Aluminum vs. Nickel 30

2024 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while nickel 30 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 nickel 30.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
210
Elongation at Break, % 4.0 to 16
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 90 to 180
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
82
Shear Strength, MPa 130 to 320
440
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 200 to 540
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 100 to 490
270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
1020
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1480
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 500
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
450
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
10
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 30
1.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 90
1.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
60
Density, g/cm3 3.0
8.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
9.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
130
Embodied Water, L/kg 1140
290

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 20 to 68
180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 70 to 1680
180
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
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
2.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.6 to 24
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.7 to 94.7
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
28 to 31.5
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 5.0
Copper (Cu), % 3.8 to 4.9
1.0 to 2.4
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
13 to 17
Magnesium (Mg), % 1.2 to 1.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.9
0 to 0.030
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
4.0 to 6.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
30.2 to 52.2
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.3 to 1.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
1.5 to 4.0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0