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Grade N12MV Nickel vs. 5456 Aluminum

Grade N12MV nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 5456 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 5456 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 220
68
Elongation at Break, % 6.8
11 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
130 to 210
Poisson's Ratio 0.31
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 84
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600
320 to 340
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
150 to 250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
390
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
900
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
1170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 34
33 to 46
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220
170 to 470
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 22
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
33 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
38 to 40
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
14 to 15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
92 to 94.8
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
4.7 to 5.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.5 to 1.0
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 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Vanadium (V), % 0.2 to 0.6
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15