MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

AZ91A Magnesium vs. Nickel 601

AZ91A magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys classification, while nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 AZ91A magnesium and the bottom bar is nickel 601.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 46
200
Elongation at Break, % 5.0
10 to 38
Fatigue Strength, MPa 99
220 to 380
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 18
76
Shear Strength, MPa 140
440 to 530
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 240
660 to 890
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 160
290 to 800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 360
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 130
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 600
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 470
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 990
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 73
11
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 26
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 10
1.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 52
1.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
49
Density, g/cm3 1.7
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 22
8.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
110
Embodied Water, L/kg 990
280

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 11
86 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
210 to 1630
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 69
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 38
22 to 30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 49
20 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 42
2.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
17 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 8.3 to 9.7
1.0 to 1.7
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0
21 to 25
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 0
7.7 to 20
Magnesium (Mg), % 88.2 to 91.2
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.13 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.030
58 to 63
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Zinc (Zn), % 0.35 to 1.0
0