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EN AC-46500 Aluminum vs. N07752 Nickel

EN AC-46500 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while N07752 nickel 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-46500 aluminum and the bottom bar is N07752 nickel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 74
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.0
22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 110
450
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 28
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 270
1120
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 160
740

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 520
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
960
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 610
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 520
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 100
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 26
1.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 81
1.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
60
Density, g/cm3 2.9
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.6
10
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 1030
260

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 2.3
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170
1450
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 49
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
37
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32
29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 41
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
34

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 77.9 to 90
0.4 to 1.0
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0070
Carbon (C), % 0
0.020 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.15
14.5 to 17
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.050
Copper (Cu), % 2.0 to 4.0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.3
5.0 to 9.0
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.35
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.050 to 0.55
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.55
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.55
70 to 77.1
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.7 to 1.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.0080
Silicon (Si), % 8.0 to 11
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.0030
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.15
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
2.3 to 2.8
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.1
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 3.0
0 to 0.050
Residuals, % 0 to 0.25
0