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EN 2.4632 Nickel vs. 5050 Aluminum

EN 2.4632 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 5050 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 2.4632 nickel and the bottom bar is 5050 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
68
Elongation at Break, % 17
1.7 to 22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 430
45 to 100
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
26
Shear Strength, MPa 770
91 to 140
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1250
140 to 250
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 780
50 to 210

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1010
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1340
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1290
630
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
190
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.5
50
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.6
170

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 75
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.3
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.4
8.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 350
1190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180
4.1 to 24
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1570
18 to 330
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 42
15 to 26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 31
22 to 33
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.3
79
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 39
6.3 to 11

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 1.0 to 2.0
96.3 to 98.9
Boron (B), % 0 to 0.020
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.13
0
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 21
0 to 0.1
Cobalt (Co), % 15 to 21
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
1.1 to 1.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 49 to 64
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Titanium (Ti), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.15
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15