WE54A Magnesium vs. Monel K-500
WE54A magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys classification, while Monel K-500 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 WE54A magnesium and the bottom bar is Monel K-500.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.3 to 5.6 | |
| 25 to 36 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 98 to 130 | |
| 260 to 560 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 17 | |
| 61 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 150 to 170 | |
| 430 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 to 300 | |
| 640 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 180 | |
| 310 to 880 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 570 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 960 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 25 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 10 | |
| 3.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 47 | |
| 3.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.9 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 29 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 260 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 900 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 10 to 14 | |
| 180 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 380 | |
| 300 to 2420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 62 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 39 to 43 | |
| 21 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 49 to 51 | |
| 19 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 28 | |
| 4.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 19 | |
| 21 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.3 to 3.2 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 27 to 33 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Lithium (Li), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 88.7 to 93.4 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 63 to 70.4 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.85 |
| Unspecified Rare Earths, % | 1.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Yttrium (Y), % | 4.8 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |