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5050 Aluminum vs. Nickel 890

5050 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while nickel 890 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 5050 aluminum and the bottom bar is nickel 890.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.7 to 22
39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 45 to 100
180
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
78
Shear Strength, MPa 91 to 140
400
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 140 to 250
590
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 50 to 210
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 630
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
14

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
47
Density, g/cm3 2.7
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.4
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
120
Embodied Water, L/kg 1190
250

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 4.1 to 24
180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 18 to 330
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15 to 26
20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 33
19
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 6.3 to 11
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 96.3 to 98.9
0.050 to 0.6
Carbon (C), % 0
0.060 to 0.14
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
23.5 to 28.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.75
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
17.3 to 33.9
Magnesium (Mg), % 1.1 to 1.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
40 to 45
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.2 to 1.0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
1.0 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Tantalum (Ta), % 0
0.1 to 0.6
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.6
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0