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EN AC-46500 Aluminum vs. N07776 Nickel

EN AC-46500 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while N07776 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-46500 aluminum and the bottom bar is N07776 nickel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 74
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.0
39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 110
220
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.3
Shear Modulus, GPa 28
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 270
700
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 160
270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 520
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
970
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 610
1550
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 520
1500
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
430
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
85
Density, g/cm3 2.9
8.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.6
15
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
210
Embodied Water, L/kg 1030
270

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 2.3
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170
180
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 49
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 77.9 to 90
0 to 2.0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.15
12 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 2.0 to 4.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.3
0 to 24.5
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
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
9.0 to 15
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.55
50 to 60
Niobium (Nb), % 0
4.0 to 6.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 8.0 to 11
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.15
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 1.0
Tungsten (W), % 0
0.5 to 2.5
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 3.0
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.25
0