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N06058 Nickel vs. EN AC-46400 Aluminum

N06058 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN AC-46400 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 EN AC-46400 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 220
72
Elongation at Break, % 45
1.1 to 1.7
Fatigue Strength, MPa 350
75 to 85
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 86
27
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860
170 to 310
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 410
110 to 270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 330
520
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1540
610
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1490
570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 420
890
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 9.8
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
22

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.8
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 13
7.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 170
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
1070

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
1.7 to 4.9
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 370
82 to 500
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
52
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
18 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
26 to 38
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.6
55
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23
7.8 to 14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.4
85.4 to 90.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.010
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20 to 23
0
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 0.3
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0.8 to 1.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.8
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.1
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.25 to 0.65
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0.15 to 0.55
Molybdenum (Mo), % 19 to 21
0
Nickel (Ni), % 52.2 to 61
0 to 0.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0.020 to 0.15
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
8.3 to 9.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Tungsten (W), % 0 to 0.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.8
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.25