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N07776 Nickel vs. 6261 Aluminum

N07776 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 6261 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 N07776 nickel and the bottom bar is 6261 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
69
Elongation at Break, % 39
9.0 to 16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220
60 to 120
Poisson's Ratio 0.3
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
26
Shear Strength, MPa 470
90 to 180
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700
150 to 300
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
100 to 260

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 970
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1550
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1500
610
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 430
900
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 85
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.6
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 15
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 210
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 270
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
21 to 27
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180
77 to 500
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
15 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
23 to 37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
6.5 to 13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 2.0
96.6 to 98.6
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 22
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.15 to 0.4
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 24.5
0 to 0.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.7 to 1.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.2 to 0.35
Molybdenum (Mo), % 9.0 to 15
0
Nickel (Ni), % 50 to 60
0
Niobium (Nb), % 4.0 to 6.0
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0.4 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.1
Tungsten (W), % 0.5 to 2.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15