5056 Aluminum vs. Monel 400
5056 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while Monel 400 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 5056 aluminum and the bottom bar is Monel 400.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 67 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.9 to 31 | |
| 20 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 to 200 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 25 | |
| 62 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 170 to 240 | |
| 370 to 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 290 to 460 | |
| 540 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 to 410 | |
| 210 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 570 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 910 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 29 | |
| 3.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 99 | |
| 3.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 50 |
| Calomel Potential, mV | -780 | |
| -80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.0 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1180 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 140 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 1220 | |
| 140 to 1080 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 to 48 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 36 to 50 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 53 | |
| 6.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 17 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 93 to 95.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 28 to 34 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 4.5 to 5.6 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 63 to 72 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.024 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |