5059 Aluminum vs. N06230 Nickel
5059 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while N06230 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 30 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 5059 aluminum and the bottom bar is N06230 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 25 | |
| 38 to 48 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 240 | |
| 250 to 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 83 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 220 to 250 | |
| 420 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 410 | |
| 620 to 840 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 to 300 | |
| 330 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 210 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 510 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 8.9 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 29 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 95 | |
| 1.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 85 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 9.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.1 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1160 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 42 to 75 | |
| 200 to 330 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 650 | |
| 250 to 380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 36 to 42 | |
| 18 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 45 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 44 | |
| 2.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 89.9 to 94 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Lanthanum (La), % | 0 | |
| 0.0050 to 0.050 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
| 0.3 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 47.5 to 65.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.45 | |
| 0.25 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 15 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.050 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |