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EN AC-42000 Aluminum vs. Nickel 690

EN AC-42000 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 AC-42000 aluminum and the bottom bar is nickel 690.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 59 to 91
90
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 2.4
3.4 to 34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 67 to 76
180 to 300
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 170 to 270
640 to 990
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 95 to 230
250 to 760

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 500
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1010
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 610
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 600
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 160
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 38
1.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 130
1.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
50
Density, g/cm3 2.6
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
120
Embodied Water, L/kg 1110
290

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 2.8 to 5.7
31 to 170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 64 to 370
160 to 1440
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 53
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 28
21 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 35
20 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 66
3.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 7.9 to 12
16 to 25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 89.9 to 93.3
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 0
27 to 31
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.55
7.0 to 11
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.15
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.2 to 0.65
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.35
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.15
58 to 66
Silicon (Si), % 6.5 to 7.5
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.050
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.15
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0