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N06058 Nickel vs. 3104 Aluminum

N06058 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 3104 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 N06058 nickel and the bottom bar is 3104 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 220
70
Elongation at Break, % 45
1.1 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 350
74 to 130
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 86
26
Shear Strength, MPa 600
110 to 180
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860
170 to 310
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 410
68 to 270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 330
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1540
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1490
600
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 420
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 9.8
160
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.8
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 13
8.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 170
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
1.6 to 60
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 370
34 to 540
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
17 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
25 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.6
64
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23
7.6 to 13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.4
95.1 to 98.4
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.010
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20 to 23
0
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 0.3
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0.050 to 0.25
Gallium (Ga), % 0
0 to 0.050
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.8 to 1.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0.8 to 1.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 19 to 21
0
Nickel (Ni), % 52.2 to 61
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.020 to 0.15
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.1
Tungsten (W), % 0 to 0.3
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.050
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15