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N06058 Nickel vs. 6101 Aluminum

N06058 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 6101 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, 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 6101 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 220
68
Elongation at Break, % 45
10 to 25
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 86
26

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
220 to 230
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

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.6
89 to 93

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.4
97.6 to 99.4
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.060
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.010
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20 to 23
0 to 0.030
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 0.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.35 to 0.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.030
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
0.3 to 0.7
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 0.1