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Nickel 689 vs. EN AC-43300 Aluminum

Nickel 689 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN AC-43300 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 689 and the bottom bar is EN AC-43300 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 350
91 to 94
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
71
Elongation at Break, % 23
3.4 to 6.7
Fatigue Strength, MPa 420
76 to 77
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
27
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1250
280 to 290
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 690
210 to 230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 330
540
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
600
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
590
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
910
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
22

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.5
2.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 11
7.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 330
1080

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240
9.1 to 17
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1170
300 to 370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
54
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 41
31 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 30
37 to 38
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 35
13 to 14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.75 to 1.3
88.9 to 90.8
Boron (B), % 0.0030 to 0.010
0
Carbon (C), % 0.1 to 0.2
0
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0
Cobalt (Co), % 9.0 to 11
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.050
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 5.0
0 to 0.19
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.25 to 0.45
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 9.0 to 10.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 48.3 to 60.9
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
9.0 to 10
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Titanium (Ti), % 2.3 to 2.8
0 to 0.15
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.070
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.1