N10003 Nickel vs. 771.0 Aluminum
N10003 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 771.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 29 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 N10003 nickel and the bottom bar is 771.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 42 | |
| 1.7 to 6.5 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 | |
| 92 to 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 | |
| 250 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 | |
| 210 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 380 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 930 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1520 | |
| 630 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 870 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 27 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 82 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 180 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 1130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 260 | |
| 4.4 to 20 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 | |
| 310 to 900 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 46 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 23 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 29 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.1 | |
| 54 to 58 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 11 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 90.5 to 92.5 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0.060 to 0.2 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 15 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 64.8 to 79 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.2 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |