7049A Aluminum vs. C65400 Bronze
7049A aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while C65400 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 7049A aluminum and the bottom bar is C65400 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.0 to 5.7 | |
| 2.6 to 47 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 350 | |
| 350 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 590 | |
| 500 to 1060 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 to 530 | |
| 170 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 1020 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 430 | |
| 960 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 850 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 40 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 120 | |
| 7.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.1 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1100 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 28 to 32 | |
| 10 to 480 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1800 to 1990 | |
| 130 to 3640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 44 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 52 to 53 | |
| 16 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 51 | |
| 16 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 50 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 | |
| 18 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 84.6 to 89.5 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.050 to 0.25 | |
| 0.010 to 0.12 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.2 to 1.9 | |
| 93.8 to 96.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 2.1 to 3.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 2.7 to 3.4 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.9 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 7.2 to 8.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |