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EN 2.4851 Nickel vs. 5010 Aluminum

EN 2.4851 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 5010 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. 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 2.4851 nickel and the bottom bar is 5010 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
27 to 62
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
69
Elongation at Break, % 34
1.1 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
35 to 83
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
26
Shear Strength, MPa 430
64 to 120
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
100 to 210
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
38 to 190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1200
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1310
630
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 11
200
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.4
45
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.6
150

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 49
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.2
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.1
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 120
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 280
1190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
2.3 to 20
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130
10 to 270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
10 to 22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
18 to 29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.9
82
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
4.5 to 9.4

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 1.0 to 1.7
97.1 to 99.7
Boron (B), % 0 to 0.0060
0
Carbon (C), % 0.030 to 0.1
0
Chromium (Cr), % 21 to 25
0 to 0.15
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 7.7 to 18
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.2 to 0.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.1 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 58 to 63
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.1
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.3
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15