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2011 Aluminum vs. Nickel 59

2011 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while nickel 59 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 28 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 2011 aluminum and the bottom bar is nickel 59.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
220
Elongation at Break, % 8.5 to 18
50
Fatigue Strength, MPa 74 to 120
320
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
84
Shear Strength, MPa 190 to 250
560
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 310 to 420
780
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 140 to 310
350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1500
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 540
1450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
430
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140 to 170
10
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
65
Density, g/cm3 3.1
8.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.9
12
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
160
Embodied Water, L/kg 1150
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 29 to 52
320
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 680
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 44
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 37
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32 to 40
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 51 to 64
2.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 19
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 91.3 to 94.6
0.1 to 0.4
Bismuth (Bi), % 0.2 to 0.6
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.010
Chromium (Cr), % 0
22 to 24
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 5.0 to 6.0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 1.5
Lead (Pb), % 0.2 to 0.6
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
15 to 16.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
56.2 to 62.9
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.3
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0