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EN 2.4680 Cast Nickel vs. EN AC-46100 Aluminum

EN 2.4680 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN AC-46100 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 EN AC-46100 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
73
Elongation at Break, % 9.1
1.0
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.26
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 84
28
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600
270
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260
160

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 350
550
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
600
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1320
540
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
890
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
110
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
21

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 60
10
Density, g/cm3 8.0
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.1
7.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 350
1030

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 45
2.3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
170
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
34
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
44
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
80.4 to 88.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0
Chromium (Cr), % 48 to 52
0 to 0.15
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.5 to 2.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.25
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.55
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 42.9 to 51
0 to 0.45
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
10 to 12
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.15
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.25
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 1.7
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.25