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1060 Aluminum vs. Type 4 Magnetic Alloy

1060 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while Type 4 magnetic alloy belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 28 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 1060 aluminum and the bottom bar is Type 4 magnetic alloy.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 30
2.0 to 40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 15 to 50
220 to 400
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
73
Shear Strength, MPa 42 to 75
420 to 630
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 67 to 130
620 to 1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 17 to 110
270 to 1040

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 660
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 650
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
440
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 62
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 210
3.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
60
Density, g/cm3 2.7
8.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
10
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 1200
210

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 0.57 to 37
22 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 2.1 to 89
190 to 2840
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
12
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
22
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 6.9 to 13
19 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14 to 21
18 to 27
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 3.0 to 5.6
21 to 37

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 99.6 to 100
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0 to 0.3
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.35
9.5 to 17.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.030
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.5 to 6.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
79 to 82
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.030
0
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.050
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.050
0

Comparable Variants