5083 Aluminum vs. N08221 Nickel
5083 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while N08221 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 5083 aluminum and the bottom bar is N08221 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 17 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 93 to 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 170 to 220 | |
| 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 290 to 390 | |
| 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 to 340 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 580 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 44 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1170 | |
| 240 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 4.2 to 42 | |
| 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 95 to 860 | |
| 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 40 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 36 to 44 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 17 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 92.4 to 95.6 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.050 to 0.25 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 22 to 33.9 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 4.0 to 4.9 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 6.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 39 to 46 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |