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Grade N12MV Nickel vs. 5056 Aluminum

Grade N12MV nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 5056 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 5056 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 220
67
Elongation at Break, % 6.8
4.9 to 31
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
140 to 200
Poisson's Ratio 0.31
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 84
25
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600
290 to 460
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
150 to 410

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 900
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1620
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1570
570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
910
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 75
9.5
Density, g/cm3 9.2
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 16
9.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 200
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 260
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 34
12 to 140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220
170 to 1220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 22
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
30 to 48
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
36 to 50
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
13 to 20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
93 to 95.4
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 1.0
0.050 to 0.2
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 0.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
4.5 to 5.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.050 to 0.2
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 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15