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Nickel 30 vs. 6018 Aluminum

Nickel 30 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 6018 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. 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 6018 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
69
Elongation at Break, % 34
9.0 to 9.1
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
85 to 89
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 82
26
Shear Strength, MPa 440
170 to 180
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660
290 to 300
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
220 to 230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1020
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
890
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 10
170
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.5
44
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.6
140

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 60
10
Density, g/cm3 8.5
2.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.4
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 290
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180
24 to 25
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180
360 to 380
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
48
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
28 to 29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
34 to 35
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.7
65
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
93.1 to 97.8
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0.4 to 0.7
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 31.5
0 to 0.1
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 5.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 2.4
0.15 to 0.4
Iron (Fe), % 13 to 17
0 to 0.7
Lead (Pb), % 0
0.4 to 1.2
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.6 to 1.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.030
0.3 to 0.8
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
0.5 to 1.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Tungsten (W), % 1.5 to 4.0
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.3
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15