6081 Aluminum vs. Nickel 600
6081 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while nickel 600 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 30 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 6081 aluminum and the bottom bar is nickel 600.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 | |
| 3.4 to 35 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 110 | |
| 220 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 | |
| 430 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 | |
| 650 to 990 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 270 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 610 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 180 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 47 | |
| 1.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 160 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.3 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1180 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 27 | |
| 31 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 540 | |
| 190 to 1490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 37 | |
| 20 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 74 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 19 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 96.3 to 98.6 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 6.0 to 10 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.1 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 72 to 80 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.7 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |