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Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. 5088 Aluminum

Nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 5088 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 24 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 beryllium 360 and the bottom bar is 5088 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
68
Elongation at Break, % 1.0 to 30
29
Fatigue Strength, MPa 260 to 710
180
Poisson's Ratio 0.3
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
25
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 1100
200
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780 to 1860
310
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 380 to 1590
150

Thermal Properties

Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1330
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1200
540
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 48
120
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 5.0
29
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 5.4
98

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 8.3
2.7

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 12 to 190
76
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 360 to 3440
170
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26 to 62
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 41
38
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
51
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19 to 46
14