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Grade N12MV Nickel vs. 5040 Aluminum

Grade N12MV nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 5040 aluminum belongs to the aluminum 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 grade N12MV nickel and the bottom bar is 5040 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 220
70
Elongation at Break, % 6.8
5.7 to 6.8
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
100 to 130
Poisson's Ratio 0.31
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 84
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600
240 to 260
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
190 to 230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 900
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1620
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1570
600
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
900
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 75
9.5
Density, g/cm3 9.2
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 16
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 200
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 260
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 34
14 to 15
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220
260 to 380
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 22
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
24 to 26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
31 to 32
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
10 to 11

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
95.2 to 98
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 1.0
0.1 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
1.0 to 1.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.9 to 1.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 26 to 30
0
Nickel (Ni), % 60.2 to 69.8
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.2 to 0.6
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15