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N06058 Nickel vs. 6061 Aluminum

N06058 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 6061 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 6061 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 220
69
Elongation at Break, % 45
3.4 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 350
58 to 110
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 86
26
Shear Strength, MPa 600
84 to 210
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860
130 to 410
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 410
76 to 370

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 330
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1540
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1490
580
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 420
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 9.8
170
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
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 170
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
3.8 to 81
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 370
42 to 1000
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
13 to 42
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
21 to 45
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.6
68
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23
5.7 to 18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.4
95.9 to 98.6
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.010
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20 to 23
0.040 to 0.35
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 0.3
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0.15 to 0.4
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.15
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
0.4 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.15
Tungsten (W), % 0 to 0.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15