2011A Aluminum vs. C67000 Bronze
2011A aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while C67000 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 2011A aluminum and the bottom bar is C67000 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 16 | |
| 5.6 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 190 to 250 | |
| 390 to 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 to 410 | |
| 660 to 880 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 to 310 | |
| 350 to 540 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 660 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 550 | |
| 850 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 870 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 99 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 33 | |
| 22 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 96 | |
| 25 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1150 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 20 to 40 | |
| 43 to 62 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 670 | |
| 560 to 1290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 44 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 37 | |
| 23 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 40 | |
| 21 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 49 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 18 | |
| 21 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 91.5 to 95.1 | |
| 3.0 to 6.0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 4.5 to 6.0 | |
| 63 to 68 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 2.0 to 4.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 5.0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 21.8 to 32.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |