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EN 2.4680 Cast Nickel vs. 5040 Aluminum

EN 2.4680 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 5040 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 2.4680 cast nickel and the bottom bar is 5040 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
70
Elongation at Break, % 9.1
5.7 to 6.8
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
100 to 130
Poisson's Ratio 0.26
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 84
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600
240 to 260
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260
190 to 230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 350
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1320
600
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
160
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 60
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.0
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.1
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 350
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 45
14 to 15
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
260 to 380
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
24 to 26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
31 to 32
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
64
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
10 to 11

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
95.2 to 98
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0
Chromium (Cr), % 48 to 52
0.1 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
1.0 to 1.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0.9 to 1.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 42.9 to 51
0
Niobium (Nb), % 1.0 to 1.8
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.16
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15