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A357.0 Aluminum vs. Nickel 685

A357.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while nickel 685 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 A357.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is nickel 685.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 100
350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Elongation at Break, % 3.7
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 100
470
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Shear Strength, MPa 240
770
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 350
1250
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 500
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 610
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 560
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 160
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
75
Density, g/cm3 2.6
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.2
10
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 1110
340

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 12
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 520
1820
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 53
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 38
42
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 43
31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 68
3.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
37

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.8 to 93
1.2 to 1.6
Beryllium (Be), % 0.040 to 0.070
0
Boron (B), % 0
0.0030 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0
0.030 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0
18 to 21
Cobalt (Co), % 0
12 to 15
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 2.0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.4 to 0.7
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.5 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
49.6 to 62.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 6.5 to 7.5
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.040 to 0.2
2.8 to 3.3
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0.020 to 0.12
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0