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EN 2.4856 Nickel vs. 1200 Aluminum

EN 2.4856 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 1200 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. 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 2.4856 nickel and the bottom bar is 1200 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210
23 to 48
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
69
Elongation at Break, % 28
1.1 to 28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 280
25 to 69
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
26
Shear Strength, MPa 570
54 to 100
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 880
85 to 180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
28 to 160

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 330
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
660
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
650
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 440
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 10
230
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.3
58
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.4
190

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 80
9.0
Density, g/cm3 8.6
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 14
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 190
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 290
1190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200
2.0 to 19
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 440
5.7 to 180
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28
8.7 to 19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
16 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.7
92
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29
3.8 to 8.1

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.4
99 to 100
Carbon (C), % 0.030 to 0.1
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20 to 23
0
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 1.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.050
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 5.0
0 to 1.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.050
Molybdenum (Mo), % 8.0 to 10
0
Nickel (Ni), % 58 to 68.8
0
Niobium (Nb), % 3.2 to 4.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.050
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15