850.0 Aluminum vs. 7075 Aluminum
Both 850.0 aluminum and 7075 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 850.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is 7075 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.9 | |
| 1.8 to 12 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 59 | |
| 110 to 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 100 | |
| 150 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 140 | |
| 240 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 76 | |
| 120 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 380 | |
| 380 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 370 | |
| 480 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 850 | |
| 870 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 180 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 47 | |
| 33 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 140 | |
| 98 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.1 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.5 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1160 | |
| 1120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 9.1 | |
| 7.8 to 44 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 42 | |
| 110 to 1870 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 44 | |
| 46 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 22 to 54 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 28 to 52 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 69 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.1 | |
| 10 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 88.3 to 93.1 | |
| 86.9 to 91.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.18 to 0.28 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.7 to 1.3 | |
| 1.2 to 2.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 2.1 to 2.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.7 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 5.5 to 7.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 5.1 to 6.1 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |