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EN AC-45000 Aluminum vs. Monel 400

EN AC-45000 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while Monel 400 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 29 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 AC-45000 aluminum and the bottom bar is Monel 400.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 73
160
Elongation at Break, % 1.1
20 to 40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 75
230 to 290
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
62
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 180
540 to 780
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 110
210 to 590

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 470
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1350
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 520
1300
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
430
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
23
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 27
3.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 81
3.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
50
Density, g/cm3 3.0
8.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.7
7.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
110
Embodied Water, L/kg 1070
250

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 1.7
140 to 180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 80
140 to 1080
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
10
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 47
21
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
17 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
17 to 21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 47
6.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.0
17 to 25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 82.2 to 91.8
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.3
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.15
0
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 5.0
28 to 34
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.5
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.3
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.55
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.65
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.45
63 to 72
Silicon (Si), % 5.0 to 7.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.024
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.15
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 2.0
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.35
0