7178 Aluminum vs. Grade CX2M Nickel
7178 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade CX2M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 27 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 7178 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade CX2M nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 to 12 | |
| 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 to 210 | |
| 260 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 240 to 640 | |
| 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 560 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 630 | |
| 1500 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 480 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 860 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.1 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1110 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 24 to 52 | |
| 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 2220 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 45 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 58 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 54 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 47 | |
| 2.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 28 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 85.4 to 89.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.18 to 0.28 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.6 to 2.4 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 2.4 to 3.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 16.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 56.4 to 63 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 6.3 to 7.3 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |