MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4889 Cast Nickel vs. ZE41A Magnesium

EN 1.4889 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while ZE41A magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, 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 ZE41A magnesium.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
45
Elongation at Break, % 3.4
3.3
Fatigue Strength, MPa 110
98
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
18
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500
210
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
140

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 350
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1160
150
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1320
540
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
970
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
27

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 55
18
Density, g/cm3 7.9
1.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.5
24
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 120
170
Embodied Water, L/kg 280
940

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 14
6.1
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180
220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
63
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
41
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
12

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.35 to 0.45
0
Chromium (Cr), % 32.5 to 37.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 10.5 to 21.2
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
91.7 to 95.4
Manganese (Mn), % 1.0 to 1.5
0 to 0.15
Nickel (Ni), % 42 to 46
0 to 0.010
Niobium (Nb), % 1.5 to 2.0
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 1.5 to 2.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Unspecified Rare Earths, % 0
0.75 to 1.8
Zinc (Zn), % 0
3.5 to 5.0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0.4 to 1.0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.3