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Nickel 690 vs. EN AC-45400 Aluminum

Nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN AC-45400 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 690 and the bottom bar is EN AC-45400 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 90
86
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
72
Elongation at Break, % 3.4 to 34
6.7
Fatigue Strength, MPa 180 to 300
55
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
27
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 640 to 990
260
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 760
130

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
470
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1010
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
630
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
560
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
880
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
140
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
22

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.5
30
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.6
95

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 50
10
Density, g/cm3 8.3
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.2
7.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 120
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 290
1100

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 31 to 170
14
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160 to 1440
110
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
49
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 33
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
32
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.5
54
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 25
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
88.4 to 92.9
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0
Chromium (Cr), % 27 to 31
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
2.6 to 3.6
Iron (Fe), % 7.0 to 11
0 to 0.6
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.1
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.050
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.55
Nickel (Ni), % 58 to 66
0 to 0.1
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
4.5 to 6.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.050
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.25
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15