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B535.0 Aluminum vs. Nickel 690

B535.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys. 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 B535.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is nickel 690.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 65
90
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 66
200
Elongation at Break, % 10
3.4 to 34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 62
180 to 300
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 25
79
Shear Strength, MPa 210
420 to 570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 260
640 to 990
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 130
250 to 760

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1010
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 630
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 550
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 910
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 96
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 25
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 24
1.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 82
1.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
50
Density, g/cm3 2.6
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.4
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
120
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
290

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 22
31 to 170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130
160 to 1440
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28
21 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 35
20 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 40
3.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
16 to 25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 91.7 to 93.4
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 0
27 to 31
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.15
7.0 to 11
Magnesium (Mg), % 6.5 to 7.5
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
58 to 66
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0.1 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0