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5056 Aluminum vs. Nickel 600

5056 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while nickel 600 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 nickel 600.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 67
190
Elongation at Break, % 4.9 to 31
3.4 to 35
Fatigue Strength, MPa 140 to 200
220 to 300
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 25
75
Shear Strength, MPa 170 to 240
430 to 570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 290 to 460
650 to 990
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 150 to 410
270 to 760

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 570
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 910
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 29
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 99
1.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
55
Calomel Potential, mV -780
-170
Density, g/cm3 2.7
8.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.0
9.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
130
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
250

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 12 to 140
31 to 180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170 to 1220
190 to 1490
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30 to 48
21 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36 to 50
20 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 53
3.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
19 to 29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93 to 95.4
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0.050 to 0.2
14 to 17
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
6.0 to 10
Magnesium (Mg), % 4.5 to 5.6
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.050 to 0.2
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
72 to 80
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants