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6023 Aluminum vs. N08120 Nickel

6023 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while N08120 nickel 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 6023 aluminum and the bottom bar is N08120 nickel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 69
200
Elongation at Break, % 11
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120 to 130
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
79
Shear Strength, MPa 210 to 220
470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 360
700
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300 to 310
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 160
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 580
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 890
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 170
11
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
14

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
45
Density, g/cm3 2.8
8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
7.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
100
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
240

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 38 to 39
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 670 to 690
240
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 49
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35 to 36
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 67
3.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 94 to 97.7
0 to 0.4
Bismuth (Bi), % 0.3 to 0.8
0
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0
0.020 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0
23 to 27
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 3.0
Copper (Cu), % 0.2 to 0.5
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
21 to 41.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.4 to 0.9
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.6
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
35 to 39
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.4 to 0.9
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.15 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.6 to 1.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Tin (Sn), % 0.6 to 1.2
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Tungsten (W), % 0
0 to 2.5
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0