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N06058 Nickel vs. 8011A Aluminum

N06058 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 8011A aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 27 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 8011A aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 220
69
Elongation at Break, % 45
1.7 to 28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 350
33 to 76
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 86
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860
100 to 180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 410
34 to 170

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
630
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 420
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 9.8
210
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
9.0
Density, g/cm3 8.8
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 13
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 170
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
3.0 to 22
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 370
8.2 to 200
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
11 to 18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
18 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.6
86
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23
4.6 to 8.1

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.4
97.5 to 99.1
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
0.5 to 1.0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.1
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
0.4 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Tungsten (W), % 0 to 0.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15