N10629 Nickel vs. Zamak 7
N10629 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while Zamak 7 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N10629 nickel and the bottom bar is Zamak 7.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 86 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 | |
| 47 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.25 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 33 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 | |
| 210 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 | |
| 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 | |
| 250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 120 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 95 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 27 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.2 | |
| 6.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 320 | |
| 36 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 | |
| 370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 12 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 | |
| 8.6 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 3.5 to 4.3 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 0.075 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.0050 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 65 to 72.4 | |
| 0.0050 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 95.3 to 96.5 |