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60Cr-40Ni Alloy vs. Sintered 6061 Aluminum

60Cr-40Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while sintered 6061 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, 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 60Cr-40Ni alloy and the bottom bar is sintered 6061 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 220
68
Poisson's Ratio 0.25
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 87
25
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 870
83 to 210
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 660
62 to 190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 370
400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
900
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 49
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.4
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 110
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 380
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1000
28 to 280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 16
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31
8.6 to 21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
16 to 29
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
3.8 to 9.4

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.25
96 to 99.4
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0
Chromium (Cr), % 58 to 62
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.0
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.4 to 1.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.3
0
Nickel (Ni), % 34.5 to 42
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.2 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.5
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 1.5