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N06058 Nickel vs. 6063 Aluminum

N06058 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 6063 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 6063 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 220
68
Elongation at Break, % 45
7.3 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 350
39 to 95
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 86
26
Shear Strength, MPa 600
70 to 190
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860
110 to 300
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 410
49 to 270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 330
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1540
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1490
620
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 420
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 9.8
190 to 220
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
23

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
1190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
13 to 27
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 370
18 to 540
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
11 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
18 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.6
79 to 89
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23
4.8 to 13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.4
97.5 to 99.4
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.010
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20 to 23
0 to 0.1
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 0.35
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.45 to 0.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.1
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
0.2 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.1
Tungsten (W), % 0 to 0.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15