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Nickel 80A vs. 6110 Aluminum

Nickel 80A belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 6110 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 80A and the bottom bar is 6110 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
70
Elongation at Break, % 22
2.2
Fatigue Strength, MPa 430
120
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
26
Shear Strength, MPa 660
290
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1040
500
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 710
500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1310
600
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 11
170
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.5
42
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.6
140

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 55
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.3
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.8
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 280
1170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210
11
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1300
1770
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35
51
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27
51
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.9
67
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 31
22

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.5 to 1.8
94.4 to 98.4
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 21
0.040 to 0.25
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.2 to 0.7
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 3.0
0 to 0.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.5 to 1.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.2 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 69.4 to 79.7
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.7 to 1.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Titanium (Ti), % 1.8 to 2.7
0 to 0.15
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.3
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15