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Nickel 690 vs. 6016 Aluminum

Nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 6016 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 690 and the bottom bar is 6016 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 90
55 to 80
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
69
Elongation at Break, % 3.4 to 34
11 to 27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 180 to 300
68 to 89
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
26
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 570
130 to 170
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 640 to 990
200 to 280
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 760
110 to 210

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1010
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
660
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
610
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
190 to 210
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.5
48 to 54
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.6
160 to 180

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 50
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.3
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.2
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 120
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 290
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 31 to 170
29 to 47
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160 to 1440
82 to 340
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 33
21 to 29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
29 to 35
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.5
77 to 86
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 25
9.1 to 12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
96.4 to 98.8
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0
Chromium (Cr), % 27 to 31
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 7.0 to 11
0 to 0.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.25 to 0.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 58 to 66
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
1.0 to 1.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.15
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15