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6082 Aluminum vs. Nickel 242

6082 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while nickel 242 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 6082 aluminum and the bottom bar is nickel 242.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 69
220
Elongation at Break, % 6.3 to 18
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 55 to 130
300
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.3
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
84
Shear Strength, MPa 84 to 220
570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 140 to 340
820
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 85 to 320
350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 410
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
930
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 580
1290
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
400
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 160
11
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 42
1.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 140
1.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
75
Density, g/cm3 2.7
9.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
14
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
180
Embodied Water, L/kg 1170
290

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19 to 43
300
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 52 to 710
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
22
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 14 to 35
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 40
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 67
3.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 6.0 to 15
25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 95.2 to 98.3
0 to 0.5
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0060
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.25
7.0 to 9.0
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 2.0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.6 to 1.2
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 1.0
0 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
24 to 26
Nickel (Ni), % 0
59.3 to 69
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0.7 to 1.3
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.1
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0