N06045 Nickel vs. ZA-8
N06045 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while ZA-8 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N06045 nickel and the bottom bar is ZA-8.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 85 to 86 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 37 | |
| 1.3 to 8.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 | |
| 51 to 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 34 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 240 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 | |
| 210 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 210 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 110 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1010 | |
| 100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1300 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 23 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 42 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 6.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.9 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 98 | |
| 62 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 420 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 | |
| 2.8 to 28 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 260 to 490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 9.3 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 12 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 7.6 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 8.8 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Cerium (Ce), % | 0.030 to 0.090 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 29 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.8 to 1.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 0 to 0.075 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.030 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 45 to 50.4 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 89.7 to 91.2 |