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EN AC-46400 Aluminum vs. Grade N12MV Nickel

EN AC-46400 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade N12MV nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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-46400 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade N12MV nickel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 72
220
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 1.7
6.8
Fatigue Strength, MPa 75 to 85
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
84
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 170 to 310
600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 110 to 270
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 520
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 610
1620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 570
1570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 890
390
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
75
Density, g/cm3 2.7
9.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.8
16
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
200
Embodied Water, L/kg 1070
260

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 1.7 to 4.9
34
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 82 to 500
220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 52
22
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 32
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 38
17
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 7.8 to 14
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 85.4 to 90.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 0.8 to 1.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.8
4.0 to 6.0
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.1
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.25 to 0.65
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 0.55
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
26 to 30
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.2
60.2 to 69.8
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 8.3 to 9.7
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.2 to 0.6
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.8
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.25
0