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N06255 Nickel vs. 6061 Aluminum

N06255 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 6061 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 6061 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
69
Elongation at Break, % 45
3.4 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
58 to 110
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
26
Shear Strength, MPa 460
84 to 210
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660
130 to 410
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
76 to 370

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1470
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
580
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
900
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 55
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.5
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.4
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 270
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 230
3.8 to 81
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150
42 to 1000
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
13 to 42
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
21 to 45
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
5.7 to 18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
95.9 to 98.6
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 26
0.040 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.2
0.15 to 0.4
Iron (Fe), % 6.0 to 24
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.15
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
0.4 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.69
0 to 0.15
Tungsten (W), % 0 to 3.0
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15