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8090 Aluminum vs. Nickel 601

8090 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 29 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 8090 aluminum and the bottom bar is nickel 601.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 67
200
Elongation at Break, % 3.5 to 13
10 to 38
Fatigue Strength, MPa 91 to 140
220 to 380
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 25
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 340 to 490
660 to 890
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210 to 420
290 to 800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 660
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 600
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 960
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 95 to 160
11
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 20
1.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 66
1.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
49
Density, g/cm3 2.7
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.6
8.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 170
110
Embodied Water, L/kg 1160
280

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 16 to 41
86 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 340 to 1330
210 to 1630
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 34 to 49
22 to 30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 39 to 50
20 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 36 to 60
2.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 22
17 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93 to 98.4
1.0 to 1.7
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
21 to 25
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 1.6
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.3
7.7 to 20
Lithium (Li), % 2.2 to 2.7
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.6 to 1.3
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
58 to 63
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.1
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0.040 to 0.16
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0