2024 Aluminum vs. EVA
2024 aluminum and EVA belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. 2024 aluminum is a metal, while EVA is a polymeric material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 12 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (23, 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 2024 aluminum and the bottom bar is EVA.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
0.015 to 0.080 |
Elongation at Break, % | 4.0 to 16 | |
300 to 800 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 to 540 | |
3.0 to 35 |
Thermal Properties
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 500 | |
55 to 95 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 880 | |
1400 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
0.34 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Density, g/cm3 | 3.0 | |
0.93 to 1.0 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
0.0087 to 0.048 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 46 | |
8.6 to 15 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 50 | |
0.87 to 10 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 49 | |
4.8 to 26 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 46 | |
0.25 to 0.26 |