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Nickel 689 vs. EN AC-45300 Aluminum

Nickel 689 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN AC-45300 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-45300 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 350
94 to 120
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
71
Elongation at Break, % 23
1.0 to 2.8
Fatigue Strength, MPa 420
59 to 72
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
27
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1250
220 to 290
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 690
150 to 230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 330
470
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
630
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
590
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
890
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
22

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.5
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 11
8.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 330
1120

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240
2.7 to 5.6
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1170
160 to 390
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 41
23 to 29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 30
30 to 35
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 35
10 to 13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.75 to 1.3
90.2 to 94.2
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
1.0 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 5.0
0 to 0.65
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.15
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.35 to 0.65
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.55
Molybdenum (Mo), % 9.0 to 10.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 48.3 to 60.9
0 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
4.5 to 5.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.050
Titanium (Ti), % 2.3 to 2.8
0 to 0.25
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.15
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15