Grade 360 Molybdenum vs. A390.0 Aluminum
Grade 360 molybdenum belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while A390.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. 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 grade 360 molybdenum and the bottom bar is A390.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 310 | |
| 75 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.3 to 17 | |
| 0.87 to 0.91 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 28 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 to 620 | |
| 190 to 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 530 | |
| 190 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 640 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 250 | |
| 880 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.0 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 28 | |
| 7.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 330 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 950 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 37 to 64 | |
| 1.6 to 2.6 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 450 | |
| 240 to 580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 17 | |
| 19 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 16 | |
| 27 to 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 21 | |
| 9.0 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 75.3 to 79.6 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 99.9 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |