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EN AC-46500 Aluminum vs. Nickel 890

EN AC-46500 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while nickel 890 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-46500 aluminum and the bottom bar is nickel 890.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 74
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.0
39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 110
180
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 28
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 270
590
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 160
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 520
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 610
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 520
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
14

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
47
Density, g/cm3 2.9
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.6
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
120
Embodied Water, L/kg 1030
250

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 2.3
180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 49
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32
19
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 77.9 to 90
0.050 to 0.6
Carbon (C), % 0
0.060 to 0.14
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.15
23.5 to 28.5
Copper (Cu), % 2.0 to 4.0
0 to 0.75
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.3
17.3 to 33.9
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.35
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.050 to 0.55
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.55
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.55
40 to 45
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.2 to 1.0
Silicon (Si), % 8.0 to 11
1.0 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Tantalum (Ta), % 0
0.1 to 0.6
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.15
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0.15 to 0.6
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 3.0
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.25
0