MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

6061 Aluminum vs. Grade N12MV Nickel

6061 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade N12MV nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 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 6061 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade N12MV nickel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 69
220
Elongation at Break, % 3.4 to 20
6.8
Fatigue Strength, MPa 58 to 110
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
84
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 130 to 410
600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 76 to 370
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 580
1570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
390
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
75
Density, g/cm3 2.7
9.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
16
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
200
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
260

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 3.8 to 81
34
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 42 to 1000
220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
22
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 13 to 42
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 45
17
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 5.7 to 18
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 95.9 to 98.6
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 0.040 to 0.35
0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 0.15 to 0.4
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
4.0 to 6.0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.8 to 1.2
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
26 to 30
Nickel (Ni), % 0
60.2 to 69.8
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.4 to 0.8
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.2 to 0.6
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0