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N06255 Nickel vs. 4006 Aluminum

N06255 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 4006 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 N06255 nickel and the bottom bar is 4006 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
69
Elongation at Break, % 45
3.4 to 24
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
35 to 110
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
26
Shear Strength, MPa 460
70 to 91
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660
110 to 160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
62 to 140

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1470
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
620
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
900
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 55
9.0
Density, g/cm3 8.5
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.4
8.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 270
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 230
5.1 to 26
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150
28 to 130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
11 to 16
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
19 to 24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
4.9 to 7.0

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
97.4 to 98.7
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 26
0 to 0.2
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.2
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 6.0 to 24
0.5 to 0.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.010
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.050
Molybdenum (Mo), % 6.0 to 9.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 47 to 52
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.8 to 1.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.69
0
Tungsten (W), % 0 to 3.0
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.050
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15