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2024 Aluminum vs. Nickel Beryllium 360

2024 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 beryllium 360.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.0 to 16
1.0 to 30
Fatigue Strength, MPa 90 to 180
260 to 710
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.3
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
77
Shear Strength, MPa 130 to 320
510 to 1100
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 200 to 540
780 to 1860
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 100 to 490
380 to 1590

Thermal Properties

Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1330
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 500
1200
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
48
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 30
5.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 90
5.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 3.0
8.3

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 20 to 68
12 to 190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 70 to 1680
360 to 3440
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 50
26 to 62
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 49
23 to 41
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 46
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.6 to 24
19 to 46

Comparable Variants