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Nickel 30 vs. 4115 Aluminum

Nickel 30 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 4115 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 nickel 30 and the bottom bar is 4115 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
70
Elongation at Break, % 34
1.1 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
39 to 76
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 82
26
Shear Strength, MPa 440
71 to 130
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660
120 to 220
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
39 to 190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1020
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
590
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 10
160
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.5
41
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.6
140

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 60
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.5
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.4
8.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 290
1160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180
2.1 to 10
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180
11 to 270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
12 to 23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
20 to 30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.7
66
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
5.2 to 9.9

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
94.6 to 97.4
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 31.5
0
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 5.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 2.4
0.1 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 13 to 17
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.1 to 0.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.030
0.6 to 1.2
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.0 to 6.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 30.2 to 52.2
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.3 to 1.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.8
1.8 to 2.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0
Tungsten (W), % 1.5 to 4.0
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15