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EN AC-42100 Aluminum vs. Nickel 30

EN AC-42100 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while nickel 30 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 29 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 AC-42100 aluminum and the bottom bar is nickel 30.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
210
Elongation at Break, % 3.4 to 9.0
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 76 to 82
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
82
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 280 to 290
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210 to 230
270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 500
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1020
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 610
1480
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 600
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 910
450
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 150
10
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 41
1.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 140
1.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
60
Density, g/cm3 2.6
8.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
9.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
130
Embodied Water, L/kg 1110
290

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 9.1 to 23
180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 300 to 370
180
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 53
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30 to 31
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 37 to 38
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 66
2.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 91.3 to 93.3
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
28 to 31.5
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 5.0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
1.0 to 2.4
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.19
13 to 17
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.25 to 0.45
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.030
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
4.0 to 6.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
30.2 to 52.2
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.3 to 1.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 6.5 to 7.5
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
1.5 to 4.0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.070
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.1
0