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Sintered 6061 Aluminum vs. Monel 400

Sintered 6061 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while Monel 400 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 sintered 6061 aluminum and the bottom bar is Monel 400.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
160
Elongation at Break, % 0.5 to 6.0
20 to 40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 32 to 62
230 to 290
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 25
62
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 83 to 210
540 to 780
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 62 to 190
210 to 590

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1350
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 610
1300
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
430
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 200
23
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 52
3.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 170
3.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
50
Density, g/cm3 2.7
8.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
7.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
110
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
250

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 0.68 to 7.0
140 to 180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 28 to 280
140 to 1080
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
10
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
21
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 8.6 to 21
17 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16 to 29
17 to 21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 81
6.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 3.8 to 9.4
17 to 25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 96 to 99.4
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
28 to 34
Iron (Fe), % 0
0 to 2.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.4 to 1.2
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
63 to 72
Silicon (Si), % 0.2 to 0.8
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.024
Residuals, % 0 to 1.5
0

Comparable Variants