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2025 Aluminum vs. Nickel 908

2025 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while nickel 908 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 2025 aluminum and the bottom bar is nickel 908.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 72
180
Elongation at Break, % 15
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
450
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.3
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
70
Shear Strength, MPa 240
800
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 400
1340
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260
930

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 520
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 150
11
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
50
Density, g/cm3 3.0
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.9
9.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 1130
170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 55
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 450
2340
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
12
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 37
45
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40
33
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 58
2.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
61

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.9 to 95.2
0.75 to 1.3
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.012
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
3.8 to 4.5
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 3.9 to 5.0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.0
35.6 to 44.6
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 1.2
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
47 to 51
Niobium (Nb), % 0
2.7 to 3.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 1.2
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
1.2 to 1.8
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0