A380.0 Aluminum vs. A360.0 Aluminum
Both A380.0 aluminum and A360.0 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is A380.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is A360.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 80 | |
| 75 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 72 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.3 | |
| 1.6 to 5.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 | |
| 82 to 150 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 27 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 190 | |
| 180 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 290 | |
| 180 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 | |
| 170 to 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 510 | |
| 530 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 590 | |
| 680 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 550 | |
| 590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 870 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 96 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 25 | |
| 30 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 78 | |
| 100 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 9.5 |
| Calomel Potential, mV | -710 | |
| -700 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.9 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1040 | |
| 1070 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 8.3 | |
| 4.6 to 13 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 190 to 470 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 48 | |
| 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 | |
| 19 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 27 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 8.5 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 80.3 to 89.5 | |
| 85.8 to 90.6 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 1.3 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 9.0 to 10 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |