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771.0 Aluminum vs. N06058 Nickel

771.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while N06058 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 771.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is N06058 nickel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
220
Elongation at Break, % 1.7 to 6.5
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 92 to 180
350
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
86
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 250 to 370
860
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210 to 350
410

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 380
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
980
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 630
1540
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 620
1490
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
420
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140 to 150
9.8
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
70
Density, g/cm3 3.0
8.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
13
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
170
Embodied Water, L/kg 1130
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 4.4 to 20
320
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 310 to 900
370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 35
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29 to 39
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 54 to 58
2.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 16
23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.5 to 92.5
0 to 0.4
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.010
Chromium (Cr), % 0.060 to 0.2
20 to 23
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 1.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.8 to 1.0
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
19 to 21
Nickel (Ni), % 0
52.2 to 61
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.020 to 0.15
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0.1 to 0.2
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
0 to 0.3
Zinc (Zn), % 6.5 to 7.5
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0