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N08120 Nickel vs. 5182 Aluminum

N08120 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 5182 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 N08120 nickel and the bottom bar is 5182 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
68
Elongation at Break, % 34
1.1 to 12
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
100 to 130
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
25
Shear Strength, MPa 470
170 to 240
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700
280 to 420
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
130 to 360

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
590
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 11
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 45
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.2
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.2
8.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 100
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 240
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
2.6 to 49
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 240
120 to 950
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
29 to 44
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
36 to 47
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.0
53
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
12 to 19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.4
93.2 to 95.8
Boron (B), % 0 to 0.010
0
Carbon (C), % 0.020 to 0.1
0
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 27
0 to 0.1
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 3.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.15
Iron (Fe), % 21 to 41.4
0 to 0.35
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.2 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 2.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 35 to 39
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.4 to 0.9
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.1
Tungsten (W), % 0 to 2.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15