N06219 Nickel vs. 2014A Aluminum
N06219 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 2014A aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. 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 N06219 nickel and the bottom bar is 2014A aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 72 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 48 | |
| 6.2 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 | |
| 93 to 150 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 27 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 | |
| 130 to 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 | |
| 210 to 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 | |
| 110 to 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 510 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 870 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 10 | |
| 150 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.3 | |
| 37 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 110 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 1140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 280 | |
| 24 to 49 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 | |
| 85 to 1300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 46 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 19 to 45 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 26 to 46 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.7 | |
| 55 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 9.0 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 90.8 to 95 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 22 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 3.9 to 5.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 2.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.4 to 1.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 60.8 to 72.3 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.7 to 1.1 | |
| 0.5 to 0.9 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |