MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

5652 Aluminum vs. N06985 Nickel

5652 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while N06985 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 5652 aluminum and the bottom bar is N06985 nickel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
210
Elongation at Break, % 6.8 to 25
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 60 to 140
220
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
80
Shear Strength, MPa 110 to 170
480
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 190 to 290
690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 74 to 260
260

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1350
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 610
1260
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
450
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140
10
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 35
1.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 120
1.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
55
Density, g/cm3 2.7
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.6
8.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
120
Embodied Water, L/kg 1190
270

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 12 to 39
250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 40 to 480
160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20 to 30
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 36
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 57
2.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.4 to 13
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 95.8 to 97.7
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 0.15 to 0.35
21 to 23.5
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 5.0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.040
1.5 to 2.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
18 to 21
Magnesium (Mg), % 2.2 to 2.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
6.0 to 8.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
35.9 to 53.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0
0 to 1.5
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0