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EN AC-45000 Aluminum vs. Nickel 601

EN AC-45000 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 601.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 73
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.1
10 to 38
Fatigue Strength, MPa 75
220 to 380
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 180
660 to 890
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 110
290 to 800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 470
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 520
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
11
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 27
1.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 81
1.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
49
Density, g/cm3 3.0
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.7
8.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
110
Embodied Water, L/kg 1070
280

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 1.7
86 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 80
210 to 1630
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 47
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
22 to 30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
20 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 47
2.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.0
17 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 82.2 to 91.8
1.0 to 1.7
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.15
21 to 25
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 5.0
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.0
7.7 to 20
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.3
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.55
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.65
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.45
58 to 63
Silicon (Si), % 5.0 to 7.0
0 to 0.5
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