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6023 Aluminum vs. N09777 Nickel

6023 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while N09777 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 N09777 nickel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 69
200
Elongation at Break, % 11
39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120 to 130
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Shear Strength, MPa 210 to 220
400
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 360
580
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300 to 310
240

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 160
960
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 580
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 890
460
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
38
Density, g/cm3 2.8
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
7.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
100
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 38 to 39
180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 670 to 690
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 49
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35 to 36
20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40
19
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 94 to 97.7
0 to 0.35
Bismuth (Bi), % 0.3 to 0.8
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
14 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0.2 to 0.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
28.5 to 47.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.4 to 0.9
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.6
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.5 to 5.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
34 to 42
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0.6 to 1.4
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Tin (Sn), % 0.6 to 1.2
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0