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N06255 Nickel vs. 6018 Aluminum

N06255 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 6018 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 N06255 nickel and the bottom bar is 6018 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
69
Elongation at Break, % 45
9.0 to 9.1
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
85 to 89
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
26
Shear Strength, MPa 460
170 to 180
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660
290 to 300
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
220 to 230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1470
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
890
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 55
10
Density, g/cm3 8.5
2.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.4
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 270
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 230
24 to 25
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150
360 to 380
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
48
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
28 to 29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
34 to 35
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
93.1 to 97.8
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0.4 to 0.7
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 26
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.2
0.15 to 0.4
Iron (Fe), % 6.0 to 24
0 to 0.7
Lead (Pb), % 0
0.4 to 1.2
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.6 to 1.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.3 to 0.8
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
0.5 to 1.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.69
0 to 0.2
Tungsten (W), % 0 to 3.0
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.3
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15