7178 Aluminum vs. EN 1.3963 Alloy
7178 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.3963 alloy belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 7178 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.3963 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 to 12 | |
| 29 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 140 to 380 | |
| 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 240 to 640 | |
| 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 560 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 630 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 480 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 860 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.1 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 66 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1110 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 24 to 52 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 2220 | |
| 260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 45 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 58 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 54 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 28 | |
| 110 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 85.4 to 89.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.18 to 0.28 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.6 to 2.4 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 60.5 to 64.9 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 2.4 to 3.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 35 to 37 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 6.3 to 7.3 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |