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A356.0 Aluminum vs. N06060 Nickel

A356.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while N06060 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 A356.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is N06060 nickel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
210
Elongation at Break, % 3.0 to 6.0
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 50 to 90
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
82
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 160 to 270
700
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 83 to 200
270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 500
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
980
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 610
1510
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 570
1450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
430
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
65
Density, g/cm3 2.6
8.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
12
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
160
Embodied Water, L/kg 1110
280

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 4.8 to 15
250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 49 to 300
180
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 53
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17 to 29
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 36
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 7.6 to 13
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 91.1 to 93.3
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
19 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0.25 to 1.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 14
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.25 to 0.45
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
12 to 14
Nickel (Ni), % 0
54 to 60
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.5 to 1.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 6.5 to 7.5
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
0.25 to 1.3
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0