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4147 Aluminum vs. EN 2.4856 Nickel

4147 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 2.4856 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 4147 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 2.4856 nickel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 72
200
Elongation at Break, % 3.3
28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 42
280
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
79
Shear Strength, MPa 63
570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 110
880
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 59
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 570
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 160
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 580
1480
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 560
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
440
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
10
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 33
1.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 120
1.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
80
Density, g/cm3 2.5
8.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.7
14
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
190
Embodied Water, L/kg 1050
290

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 3.1
200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 24
440
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 16
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 55
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 12
28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 58
2.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 5.2
29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 85 to 88.9
0 to 0.4
Beryllium (Be), % 0 to 0.00030
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.030 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0
20 to 23
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.8
0 to 5.0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.1 to 0.5
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
8.0 to 10
Nickel (Ni), % 0
58 to 68.8
Niobium (Nb), % 0
3.2 to 4.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 11 to 13
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.4
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0