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EN 2.4851 Nickel vs. 5056 Aluminum

EN 2.4851 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 5056 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 2.4851 nickel and the bottom bar is 5056 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
67
Elongation at Break, % 34
4.9 to 31
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
140 to 200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
25
Shear Strength, MPa 430
170 to 240
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
290 to 460
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
150 to 410

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1200
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1310
570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
910
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 11
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.4
29
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.6
99

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
9.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 120
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 280
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
12 to 140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130
170 to 1220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
30 to 48
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
36 to 50
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.9
53
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
13 to 20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 1.0 to 1.7
93 to 95.4
Boron (B), % 0 to 0.0060
0
Carbon (C), % 0.030 to 0.1
0
Chromium (Cr), % 21 to 25
0.050 to 0.2
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 7.7 to 18
0 to 0.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
4.5 to 5.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.050 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 58 to 63
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15