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EN 2.4878 Nickel vs. 5005 Aluminum

EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 5005 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 2.4878 nickel and the bottom bar is 5005 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
68
Elongation at Break, % 13 to 17
1.1 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 400 to 410
38 to 86
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
26
Shear Strength, MPa 750 to 760
70 to 130
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1210 to 1250
110 to 230
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 740 to 780
41 to 210

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 330
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1030
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1370
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1320
630
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 11
200
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 80
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.3
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 10
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 370
1190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 180
2.3 to 22
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1370 to 1540
12 to 320
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 41 to 42
11 to 23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 31
19 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.8
82
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 37 to 39
4.9 to 10

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 1.2 to 1.6
97 to 99.5
Boron (B), % 0.010 to 0.015
0
Carbon (C), % 0.030 to 0.070
0
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 25
0 to 0.1
Cobalt (Co), % 19 to 21
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.5 to 1.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.2
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.0 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 43.6 to 52.2
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.7 to 1.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0070
0
Tantalum (Ta), % 0 to 0.050
0
Titanium (Ti), % 2.8 to 3.2
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Zirconium (Zr), % 0.030 to 0.070
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15

Comparable Variants