MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

N06058 Nickel vs. 5056 Aluminum

N06058 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 5056 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 5056 aluminum.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 220
67
Elongation at Break, % 45
4.9 to 31
Fatigue Strength, MPa 350
140 to 200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 86
25
Shear Strength, MPa 600
170 to 240
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860
290 to 460
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 410
150 to 410

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 330
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1540
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1490
570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 420
910
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 9.8
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.8
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 13
9.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 170
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
12 to 140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 370
170 to 1220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
30 to 48
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
36 to 50
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.6
53
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23
13 to 20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.4
93 to 95.4
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.010
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20 to 23
0.050 to 0.2
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 0.3
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
4.5 to 5.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0.050 to 0.2
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 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15