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N08120 Nickel vs. 6261 Aluminum

N08120 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 6261 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 6261 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
69
Elongation at Break, % 34
9.0 to 16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
60 to 120
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
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 310
100 to 260

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
610
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 11
180
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
23

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
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 100
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 240
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
21 to 27
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 240
77 to 500
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
15 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
23 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.0
75
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
6.5 to 13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.4
96.6 to 98.6
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
0.15 to 0.4
Iron (Fe), % 21 to 41.4
0 to 0.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.7 to 1.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.2 to 0.35
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
0.4 to 0.7
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 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15