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EN 2.4680 Cast Nickel vs. 4006 Aluminum

EN 2.4680 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 4006 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 27 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 EN 2.4680 cast nickel and the bottom bar is 4006 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
69
Elongation at Break, % 9.1
3.4 to 24
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
35 to 110
Poisson's Ratio 0.26
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 84
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600
110 to 160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260
62 to 140

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 350
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1320
620
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
220
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 60
9.0
Density, g/cm3 8.0
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.1
8.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 350
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 45
5.1 to 26
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
28 to 130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
11 to 16
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
19 to 24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
89
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
4.9 to 7.0

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
97.4 to 98.7
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0
Chromium (Cr), % 48 to 52
0 to 0.2
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.0
0.5 to 0.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.010
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.050
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 42.9 to 51
0
Niobium (Nb), % 1.0 to 1.8
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.16
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.8 to 1.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.050
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15