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N06650 Nickel vs. 8079 Aluminum

N06650 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 8079 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 25 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 8079 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
69
Elongation at Break, % 50
2.2
Fatigue Strength, MPa 420
56
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 82
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
150
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 460
120

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1500
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
640
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 440
900
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 60
9.0
Density, g/cm3 8.6
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 10
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 270
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 380
3.1
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 490
110
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24
6.4

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.050 to 0.5
98.1 to 99.3
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21
0
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 1.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.050
Iron (Fe), % 12 to 16
0.7 to 1.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0
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
0.050 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