1080 Aluminum vs. 2219 Aluminum
Both 1080 aluminum and 2219 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 1080 aluminum and the bottom bar is 2219 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 | |
| 72 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 to 40 | |
| 2.2 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 21 to 48 | |
| 90 to 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 27 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 49 to 78 | |
| 110 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 72 to 130 | |
| 180 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 17 to 120 | |
| 88 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 230 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 640 | |
| 540 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 870 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 230 | |
| 110 to 170 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 22 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 61 | |
| 28 to 44 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 200 | |
| 81 to 130 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.3 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1200 | |
| 1130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 4.7 to 21 | |
| 9.6 to 60 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2.1 to 100 | |
| 54 to 1060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 44 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 to 14 | |
| 16 to 43 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 22 | |
| 23 to 44 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 94 | |
| 42 to 63 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 3.2 to 6.0 | |
| 8.2 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 99.8 to 100 | |
| 91.5 to 93.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 5.8 to 6.8 |
| Gallium (Ga), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.020 to 0.1 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |