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Nickel 30 vs. 6025 Aluminum

Nickel 30 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 6025 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 6025 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
70
Elongation at Break, % 34
2.8 to 10
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
67 to 110
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 82
26
Shear Strength, MPa 440
110 to 140
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660
190 to 240
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
68 to 210

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1020
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
550
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 10
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.5
33
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.6
110

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 60
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.5
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.4
8.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 290
1160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180
6.0 to 15
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180
33 to 310
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
19 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
26 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.7
54
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
8.2 to 10

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
91.7 to 96.3
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 31.5
0 to 0.2
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 5.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 2.4
0.2 to 0.7
Iron (Fe), % 13 to 17
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
2.1 to 3.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.030
0.6 to 1.4
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
0.8 to 1.5
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 0.5
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15