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4015 Aluminum vs. Grade CY40 Nickel

4015 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade CY40 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 29 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 4015 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade CY40 nickel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 23
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 46 to 71
160
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
74
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 130 to 220
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 50 to 200
220

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 420
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 160
960
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1350
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 600
1300
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 160
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 41
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 130
1.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
55
Density, g/cm3 2.7
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.1
9.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
130
Embodied Water, L/kg 1160
260

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 2.4 to 24
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 18 to 290
130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 13 to 22
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 30
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 66
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 5.7 to 9.7
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 94.9 to 97.9
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.4
Chromium (Cr), % 0
14 to 17
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 11
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.1 to 0.5
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 1.2
0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
67 to 86
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 1.4 to 2.2
0 to 3.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0