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EN AC-45500 Aluminum vs. N08221 Nickel

EN AC-45500 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while N08221 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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-45500 aluminum and the bottom bar is N08221 nickel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Elongation at Break, % 2.8
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 80
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 320
610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 500
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
980
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 610
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 600
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
460
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
44
Density, g/cm3 2.6
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
7.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
110
Embodied Water, L/kg 1110
240

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 8.2
170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 430
170
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 53
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 34
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40
19
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.6 to 93.1
0 to 0.2
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.025
Chromium (Cr), % 0
20 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 0.2 to 0.7
1.5 to 3.0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
22 to 33.9
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.2 to 0.45
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
5.0 to 6.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
39 to 46
Silicon (Si), % 6.5 to 7.5
0 to 0.050
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0.6 to 1.0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.070
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.1
0