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5052 Aluminum vs. Grade N12MV Nickel

5052 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade N12MV nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 5052 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade N12MV nickel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
220
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 22
6.8
Fatigue Strength, MPa 66 to 140
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
84
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 190 to 320
600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 75 to 280
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 610
1570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
390
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
75
Density, g/cm3 2.7
9.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.6
16
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
200
Embodied Water, L/kg 1190
260

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 1.7 to 69
34
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 41 to 590
220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
22
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 33
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 38
17
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.3 to 14
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 95.8 to 97.7
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
4.0 to 6.0
Magnesium (Mg), % 2.2 to 2.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
26 to 30
Nickel (Ni), % 0
60.2 to 69.8
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.2 to 0.6
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0