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Nickel 30 vs. 6070 Aluminum

Nickel 30 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 6070 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 6070 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
70
Elongation at Break, % 34
5.6 to 8.6
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
95 to 130
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 82
26
Shear Strength, MPa 440
220 to 240
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660
370 to 380
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
350

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
570
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
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 290
1170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180
20 to 32
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180
880 to 900
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
38
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
42 to 43
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.7
65
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
16 to 17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
94.6 to 98
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 0.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.5 to 1.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.030
0.4 to 1.0
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
1.0 to 1.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.15
Tungsten (W), % 1.5 to 4.0
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15