1200 Aluminum vs. 7049 Aluminum
Both 1200 aluminum and 7049 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 1200 aluminum and the bottom bar is 7049 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 23 to 48 | |
| 140 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 28 | |
| 6.2 to 7.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 25 to 69 | |
| 160 to 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 27 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 54 to 100 | |
| 300 to 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 85 to 180 | |
| 510 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 28 to 160 | |
| 420 to 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 370 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 660 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 650 | |
| 480 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 860 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 230 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 58 | |
| 36 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 190 | |
| 110 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1190 | |
| 1110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.0 to 19 | |
| 31 to 34 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 5.7 to 180 | |
| 1270 to 1440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 45 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.7 to 19 | |
| 46 to 47 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 26 | |
| 46 to 47 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 92 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 3.8 to 8.1 | |
| 22 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 99 to 100 | |
| 85.7 to 89.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.22 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 1.2 to 1.9 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 2.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 7.2 to 8.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |