C36500 Muntz Metal vs. 2007 Aluminum
C36500 Muntz Metal belongs to the copper alloys classification, while 2007 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 C36500 Muntz Metal and the bottom bar is 2007 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 71 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 40 | |
| 5.6 to 8.0 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 27 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 270 | |
| 220 to 250 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 | |
| 370 to 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 | |
| 240 to 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 510 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 870 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 28 | |
| 47 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 32 | |
| 140 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 1130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 21 to 26 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 390 to 530 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 44 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 33 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 37 to 40 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 40 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 16 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 87.5 to 95 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 58 to 61 | |
| 3.3 to 4.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.25 to 0.7 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 37.5 to 41.8 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |