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EN 2.4642 Nickel vs. 2024 Aluminum

EN 2.4642 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 2024 aluminum belongs to the aluminum 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 EN 2.4642 nickel and the bottom bar is 2024 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
71
Elongation at Break, % 34
4.0 to 16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
90 to 180
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
27
Shear Strength, MPa 450
130 to 320
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 670
200 to 540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
100 to 490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1010
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1320
500
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
880
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
120
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.5
30
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.6
90

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 50
11
Density, g/cm3 8.3
3.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.2
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 120
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 290
1140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180
20 to 68
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180
70 to 1680
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
46
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
18 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
25 to 49
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.1
46
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
8.6 to 24

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.5
90.7 to 94.7
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0
Chromium (Cr), % 27 to 31
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
3.8 to 4.9
Iron (Fe), % 7.0 to 11
0 to 0.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
1.2 to 1.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0.3 to 0.9
Nickel (Ni), % 55.9 to 66
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.15
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15