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2024 Aluminum vs. AWS BVAu-2

2024 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AWS BVAu-2 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, 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 2024 aluminum and the bottom bar is AWS BVAu-2.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
100
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.4
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
36
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 200 to 540
150

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
92
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
890
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 500
890
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
180
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 3.0
17

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
3.3
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
9.1
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 50
2.4
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 49
3.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.6 to 24
7.1

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.7 to 94.7
0
Cadmium (Cd), % 0
0 to 0.0010
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
0
Copper (Cu), % 3.8 to 4.9
19.5 to 20.5
Gold (Au), % 0
79.5 to 80.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
0
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.0020
Magnesium (Mg), % 1.2 to 1.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.9
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.0020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.0010
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0