2036 Aluminum vs. 364.0 Aluminum
Both 2036 aluminum and 364.0 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 2036 aluminum and the bottom bar is 364.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 72 | 
| Elongation at Break, % | 24 | |
| 7.5 | 
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 130 | |
| 120 | 
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 | 
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 27 | 
| Shear Strength, MPa | 210 | |
| 200 | 
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 | |
| 300 | 
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 | |
| 160 | 
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 520 | 
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 190 | 
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 600 | 
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 560 | |
| 560 | 
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 890 | |
| 900 | 
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 160 | |
| 120 | 
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 21 | 
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 41 | |
| 30 | 
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 130 | |
| 100 | 
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 11 | 
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.9 | |
| 2.6 | 
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 8.0 | 
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 | 
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1160 | |
| 1080 | 
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 70 | |
| 19 | 
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 | |
| 180 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 48 | |
| 53 | 
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 | |
| 31 | 
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 38 | |
| 38 | 
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 62 | |
| 51 | 
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 14 | 
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 94.4 to 97.4 | |
| 87.2 to 92 | 
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.040 | 
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.25 to 0.5 | 
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.2 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 | 
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 | 
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 | 
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.1 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 | 
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 | 
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 7.5 to 9.5 | 
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 | 
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 | 
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.15 | 
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |