392.0 Aluminum vs. 8021 Aluminum
Both 392.0 aluminum and 8021 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 392.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is 8021 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 0.86 | |
| 2.3 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 | |
| 61 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 28 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 290 | |
| 160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 130 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 670 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 670 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 580 | |
| 640 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 220 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 25 | |
| 56 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 90 | |
| 180 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.5 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.5 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 950 | |
| 1180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.4 | |
| 3.4 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 490 | |
| 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 56 | |
| 49 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 60 | |
| 88 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 7.0 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 73.9 to 80.6 | |
| 98 to 98.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 1.2 to 1.7 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |