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515.0 Aluminum vs. Nickel Beryllium 360

515.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, 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 515.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is nickel beryllium 360.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Elongation at Break, % 10
1.0 to 30
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
260 to 710
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.3
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Shear Strength, MPa 190
510 to 1100
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 280
780 to 1860

Thermal Properties

Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 620
1330
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 620
1200
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
460
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
14

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 2.6
8.3

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 52
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
26 to 62
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36
23 to 41
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
19 to 46