1080A Aluminum vs. 336.0 Aluminum
Both 1080A aluminum and 336.0 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 1080A aluminum and the bottom bar is 336.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 18 to 40 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 | |
| 75 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 34 | |
| 0.5 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 18 to 50 | |
| 80 to 93 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 28 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 49 to 81 | |
| 190 to 250 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 74 to 140 | |
| 250 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 17 to 120 | |
| 190 to 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 570 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 570 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 640 | |
| 540 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 890 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 230 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 62 | |
| 29 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 200 | |
| 95 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.3 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1200 | |
| 1010 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 3.1 to 19 | |
| 1.1 to 1.6 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2.1 to 100 | |
| 250 to 580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.6 to 15 | |
| 25 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 22 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 94 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 3.3 to 6.4 | |
| 12 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 99.8 to 100 | |
| 79.1 to 85.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Gallium (Ga), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.7 to 1.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |