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EN AC-45000 Aluminum vs. Nickel 242

EN AC-45000 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while nickel 242 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-45000 aluminum and the bottom bar is nickel 242.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 73
220
Elongation at Break, % 1.1
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 75
300
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.3
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
84
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 180
820
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 110
350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 470
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
930
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 520
1290
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
400
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
11
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 27
1.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 81
1.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
75
Density, g/cm3 3.0
9.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.7
14
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
180
Embodied Water, L/kg 1070
290

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 1.7
300
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 80
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 47
22
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 47
3.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.0
25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 82.2 to 91.8
0 to 0.5
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0060
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.15
7.0 to 9.0
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 5.0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.3
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.55
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.65
0 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
24 to 26
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.45
59.3 to 69
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 5.0 to 7.0
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
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