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EN AC-45000 Aluminum vs. N06975 Nickel

EN AC-45000 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while N06975 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 N06975 nickel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 73
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.1
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 75
210
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 180
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 110
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 470
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 520
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
460
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
50
Density, g/cm3 3.0
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.7
8.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
120
Embodied Water, L/kg 1070
270

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 1.7
240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 80
150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 47
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.0
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 82.2 to 91.8
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.15
23 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 5.0
0.7 to 1.2
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.0
10.2 to 23.6
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
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
5.0 to 7.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.45
47 to 52
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 5.0 to 7.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.15
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0.7 to 1.5
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 2.0
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.35
0