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5005A Aluminum vs. Nickel 690

5005A aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys. 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 5005A aluminum and the bottom bar is nickel 690.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 29 to 64
90
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 21
3.4 to 34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 38 to 82
180 to 300
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
79
Shear Strength, MPa 71 to 130
420 to 570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 110 to 230
640 to 990
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 43 to 210
250 to 760

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
1010
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 660
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 630
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 200
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 52
1.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 170
1.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
50
Density, g/cm3 2.7
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
120
Embodied Water, L/kg 1190
290

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 2.0 to 19
31 to 170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 14 to 310
160 to 1440
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 12 to 24
21 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 31
20 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 82
3.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 5.0 to 10
16 to 25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 97.5 to 99.3
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
27 to 31
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.45
7.0 to 11
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.7 to 1.1
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
58 to 66
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants