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1050 Aluminum vs. N10624 Nickel

1050 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while N10624 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 26 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 N10624 nickel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
220
Elongation at Break, % 4.6 to 37
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 31 to 57
310
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.3
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
84
Shear Strength, MPa 52 to 81
570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 76 to 140
810
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 25 to 120
360

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
930
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1580
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 650
1520
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
410
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
70
Density, g/cm3 2.7
9.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
13
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
170
Embodied Water, L/kg 1200
270

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 5.4 to 22
300
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 4.6 to 110
300
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
22
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 7.8 to 14
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 22
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 3.4 to 6.2
24

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 99.5 to 100
0 to 0.5
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.010
Chromium (Cr), % 0
6.0 to 10
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
5.0 to 8.0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
21 to 25
Nickel (Ni), % 0
53.9 to 68
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.1
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