AWS BNi-3 vs. 4115 Aluminum
AWS BNi-3 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 4115 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, 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 AWS BNi-3 and the bottom bar is 4115 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 170 | |
| 70 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 66 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 | |
| 120 to 220 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 980 | |
| 590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 23 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.9 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 1160 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 20 to 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 5.2 to 9.9 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 94.6 to 97.4 |
| Boron (B), % | 2.8 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 90.1 to 93.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |