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N06650 Nickel vs. 5056 Aluminum

N06650 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 5056 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 N06650 nickel and the bottom bar is 5056 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
67
Elongation at Break, % 50
4.9 to 31
Fatigue Strength, MPa 420
140 to 200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 82
25
Shear Strength, MPa 640
170 to 240
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
290 to 460
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 460
150 to 410

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1500
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 440
910
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 60
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.6
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 10
9.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 270
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 380
12 to 140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 490
170 to 1220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
30 to 48
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
36 to 50
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24
13 to 20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.050 to 0.5
93 to 95.4
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21
0.050 to 0.2
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 1.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 12 to 16
0 to 0.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
4.5 to 5.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0.050 to 0.2
Molybdenum (Mo), % 9.5 to 12.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 44.4 to 58.9
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.050 to 0.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.050 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Tungsten (W), % 0.5 to 2.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15