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5056 Aluminum vs. Nickel 693

5056 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while nickel 693 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 693.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 67
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.9 to 31
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 140 to 200
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 25
76
Shear Strength, MPa 170 to 240
440
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 290 to 460
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 150 to 410
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
1010
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1350
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 570
1310
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 910
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
9.1
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
60
Density, g/cm3 2.7
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.0
9.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
320

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 12 to 140
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170 to 1220
250
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30 to 48
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36 to 50
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 53
2.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93 to 95.4
2.5 to 4.0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0.050 to 0.2
27 to 31
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
2.5 to 6.0
Magnesium (Mg), % 4.5 to 5.6
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.050 to 0.2
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
53.3 to 67.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.5 to 2.5
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 1.0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0