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1050 Aluminum vs. Nickel 201

1050 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while nickel 201 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 nickel 201.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
180
Elongation at Break, % 4.6 to 37
4.5 to 45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 31 to 57
42 to 210
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
70
Shear Strength, MPa 52 to 81
270 to 380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 76 to 140
390 to 660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 25 to 120
80 to 510

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 650
1440
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
440
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 230
78
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 61
19
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 200
19

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
65
Density, g/cm3 2.7
8.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
11
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 1200
230

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 5.4 to 22
25 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 4.6 to 110
17 to 720
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
11
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
21
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 7.8 to 14
12 to 20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 22
13 to 19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 94
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 3.4 to 6.2
11 to 19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 99.5 to 100
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.020
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.35
Nickel (Ni), % 0
99 to 100
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.030
0
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.050
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.050
0

Comparable Variants