2219 Aluminum vs. R60901 Alloy
2219 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while R60901 alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, 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 2219 aluminum and the bottom bar is R60901 alloy.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 98 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 20 | |
| 17 to 22 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 37 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 180 to 480 | |
| 500 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 88 to 390 | |
| 350 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 870 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 to 170 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 6.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.1 | |
| 6.6 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1130 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 9.6 to 60 | |
| 88 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 54 to 1060 | |
| 640 to 760 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 8.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 44 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 43 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 44 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 42 to 63 | |
| 9.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.2 to 22 | |
| 58 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 91.5 to 93.8 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 5.8 to 6.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 2.4 to 2.8 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.020 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.1 to 0.25 | |
| 96.8 to 97.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.29 |