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6023 Aluminum vs. Nickel 59

6023 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while nickel 59 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 6023 aluminum and the bottom bar is nickel 59.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 69
220
Elongation at Break, % 11
50
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120 to 130
320
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
84
Shear Strength, MPa 210 to 220
560
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 360
780
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300 to 310
350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 160
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1500
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 580
1450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 890
430
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 170
10
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
65
Density, g/cm3 2.8
8.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
12
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
160
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 38 to 39
320
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 670 to 690
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 49
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35 to 36
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 67
2.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 94 to 97.7
0.1 to 0.4
Bismuth (Bi), % 0.3 to 0.8
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.010
Chromium (Cr), % 0
22 to 24
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0.2 to 0.5
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.4 to 0.9
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.6
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
15 to 16.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
56.2 to 62.9
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0.6 to 1.4
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Tin (Sn), % 0.6 to 1.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0