224.0 Aluminum vs. 240.0 Aluminum
Both 224.0 aluminum and 240.0 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 224.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is 240.0 aluminum.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 72 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.0 to 10 | |
| 1.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 86 to 120 | |
| 140 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 27 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 420 | |
| 240 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 330 | |
| 200 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 380 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 550 | |
| 520 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 870 | |
| 860 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 96 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 22 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 32 | |
| 23 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 95 | |
| 65 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.0 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.3 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1150 | |
| 1100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 16 to 35 | |
| 2.2 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 540 to 770 | |
| 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 45 | |
| 43 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 38 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 38 to 41 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 47 | |
| 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 18 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 93 to 95.2 | |
| 81.7 to 86.9 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 4.5 to 5.5 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.7 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.1 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |