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N06058 Nickel vs. 5040 Aluminum

N06058 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 5040 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 5040 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 220
70
Elongation at Break, % 45
5.7 to 6.8
Fatigue Strength, MPa 350
100 to 130
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 86
26
Shear Strength, MPa 600
140 to 150
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860
240 to 260
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 410
190 to 230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 330
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
190
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
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 170
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
14 to 15
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 370
260 to 380
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
24 to 26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
31 to 32
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.6
64
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23
10 to 11

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.4
95.2 to 98
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.010
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20 to 23
0.1 to 0.3
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 0.3
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
1.0 to 1.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0.9 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 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Tungsten (W), % 0 to 0.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15