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1050 Aluminum vs. Grade CW12MW Nickel

1050 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade CW12MW nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 1050 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade CW12MW nickel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
220
Elongation at Break, % 4.6 to 37
4.6
Fatigue Strength, MPa 31 to 57
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
85
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 76 to 140
560
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 25 to 120
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
960
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1610
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 650
1560
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
410
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
70
Density, g/cm3 2.7
9.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
13
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
180
Embodied Water, L/kg 1200
280

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 5.4 to 22
22
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 4.6 to 110
220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
22
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 7.8 to 14
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 22
17
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 3.4 to 6.2
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 99.5 to 100
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 0
15.5 to 17.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
4.5 to 7.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
16 to 18
Nickel (Ni), % 0
49.2 to 60.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
3.8 to 5.3
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.050
0.2 to 0.4
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.050
0