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1050 Aluminum vs. Chromium 33

1050 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while chromium 33 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, 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 1050 aluminum and the bottom bar is chromium 33.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.6 to 37
45
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
81
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 76 to 140
850
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 25 to 120
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
320
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
14

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
36
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
6.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
84
Embodied Water, L/kg 1200
250

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 5.4 to 22
320
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 4.6 to 110
450
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 7.8 to 14
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 22
25
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 3.4 to 6.2
21

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 99.5 to 100
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 0
31 to 35
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0.3 to 1.2
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
25.7 to 37.9
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.5 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
30 to 33
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.35 to 0.6
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.030
0
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.050
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.050
0