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EN 2.4851 Nickel vs. 6463 Aluminum

EN 2.4851 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 6463 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 6463 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
42 to 74
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
68
Elongation at Break, % 34
9.0 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
45 to 76
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
26
Shear Strength, MPa 430
86 to 150
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
140 to 230
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
82 to 200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1200
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
660
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1310
620
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 11
190 to 210
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.4
50 to 55
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.6
170 to 180

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
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 120
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 280
1190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
17 to 25
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130
50 to 300
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
14 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
22 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.9
79 to 86
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
6.3 to 10

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 1.0 to 1.7
97.9 to 99.4
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 0.15
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.45 to 0.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.050
Nickel (Ni), % 58 to 63
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0.2 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.050
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15