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3004 Aluminum vs. Nickel 685

3004 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while nickel 685 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 3004 aluminum and the bottom bar is nickel 685.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 45 to 83
350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 19
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 55 to 120
470
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Shear Strength, MPa 100 to 180
770
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 170 to 310
1250
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 68 to 270
850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 630
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 160
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
75
Density, g/cm3 2.8
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
10
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
340

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 3.2 to 27
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 33 to 540
1820
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 31
42
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 65
3.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 7.6 to 13
37

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 95.6 to 98.2
1.2 to 1.6
Boron (B), % 0
0.0030 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0
0.030 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0
18 to 21
Cobalt (Co), % 0
12 to 15
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 2.0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.8 to 1.3
0
Manganese (Mn), % 1.0 to 1.5
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.5 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
49.6 to 62.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
2.8 to 3.3
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0.020 to 0.12
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0