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N06058 Nickel vs. 8090 Aluminum

N06058 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 8090 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 8090 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 220
67
Elongation at Break, % 45
3.5 to 13
Fatigue Strength, MPa 350
91 to 140
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 86
25
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860
340 to 490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 410
210 to 420

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 330
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1540
660
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1490
600
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 420
960
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 9.8
95 to 160
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
18
Density, g/cm3 8.8
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 13
8.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 170
170
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
1160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
16 to 41
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 370
340 to 1330
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
34 to 49
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
39 to 50
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.6
36 to 60
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23
15 to 22

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.4
93 to 98.4
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
1.0 to 1.6
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.3
Lithium (Li), % 0
2.2 to 2.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.6 to 1.3
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 to 0.2
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 0.25
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0.040 to 0.16
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15