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N06060 Nickel vs. 6012 Aluminum

N06060 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 6012 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 26 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 N06060 nickel and the bottom bar is 6012 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
69
Elongation at Break, % 45
9.1 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
55 to 100
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 82
26
Shear Strength, MPa 490
130 to 190
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700
220 to 320
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
110 to 260

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1510
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 430
890
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 65
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.7
2.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 12
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 280
1170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 250
21 to 28
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180
94 to 480
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
48
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
22 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
29 to 37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
10 to 14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
92.2 to 98
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0 to 0.7
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 22
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0.25 to 1.3
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 14
0 to 0.5
Lead (Pb), % 0
0.4 to 2.0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.6 to 1.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.4 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 12 to 14
0
Nickel (Ni), % 54 to 60
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.5 to 1.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0.6 to 1.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Tungsten (W), % 0.25 to 1.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.3
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15