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EN 2.4851 Nickel vs. 5457 Aluminum

EN 2.4851 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 5457 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 5457 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
32 to 55
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
68
Elongation at Break, % 34
6.0 to 22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
55 to 98
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
26
Shear Strength, MPa 430
85 to 130
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
130 to 210
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
50 to 190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1200
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
660
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1310
630
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 11
180
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.4
46
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
8.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 120
160
Embodied Water, L/kg 280
1190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
12 to 23
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130
18 to 250
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
13 to 21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
21 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.9
72
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
5.7 to 9.0

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 1.0 to 1.7
97.8 to 99.05
Boron (B), % 0 to 0.0060
0
Carbon (C), % 0.030 to 0.1
0
Chromium (Cr), % 21 to 25
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 7.7 to 18
0 to 0.1
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.45
Nickel (Ni), % 58 to 63
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.080
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.5
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.050
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.050
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.1