MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

Nickel 30 vs. 6066 Aluminum

Nickel 30 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 6066 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 6066 aluminum.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
70
Elongation at Break, % 34
7.8 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
94 to 130
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 82
26
Shear Strength, MPa 440
95 to 240
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660
160 to 400
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
93 to 360

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1020
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
560
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
890
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 10
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.5
40
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.6
130

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
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 290
1160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180
23 to 52
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180
61 to 920
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
49
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
16 to 39
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
23 to 43
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.7
61
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
6.9 to 17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
93 to 97
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 31.5
0 to 0.4
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 5.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 2.4
0.7 to 1.2
Iron (Fe), % 13 to 17
0 to 0.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.8 to 1.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.030
0.6 to 1.1
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
0.9 to 1.8
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 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15