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EN 1.4889 Cast Nickel vs. 6101A Aluminum

EN 1.4889 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 6101A aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 25 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 EN 1.4889 cast nickel and the bottom bar is 6101A aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
68
Elongation at Break, % 3.4
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 110
80
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500
220
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 350
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1160
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1320
630
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 55
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.5
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 120
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 280
1190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 14
24
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
30
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
10

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
97.9 to 99.3
Carbon (C), % 0.35 to 0.45
0
Chromium (Cr), % 32.5 to 37.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.050
Iron (Fe), % 10.5 to 21.2
0 to 0.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.4 to 0.9
Manganese (Mn), % 1.0 to 1.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 42 to 46
0
Niobium (Nb), % 1.5 to 2.0
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 1.5 to 2.0
0.3 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.1