AZ81A Magnesium vs. Nickel 200
AZ81A magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys classification, while nickel 200 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 AZ81A magnesium and the bottom bar is nickel 200.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 46 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 8.8 | |
| 23 to 44 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 78 to 80 | |
| 120 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 18 | |
| 70 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 91 to 130 | |
| 300 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 to 240 | |
| 420 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 84 | |
| 120 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 600 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 500 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 990 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 84 | |
| 69 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 27 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 12 | |
| 18 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 65 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.7 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 23 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 990 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 4.0 to 17 | |
| 110 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 77 to 78 | |
| 42 to 370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 11 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 70 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 39 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 38 to 50 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 50 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.1 to 14 | |
| 13 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 7.0 to 8.1 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 89.8 to 92.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.13 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 99 to 100 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |