Material Property References for Aluminum Alloys

Mechanical Properties

Alloy	Temper	Tensile strength (ksi)	Yield strength (ksi) (a)	Elongation (%) (b)	Hardness (HB) (c)	Shear strength (ksi)
2117	T4	43	24	27	70	28
2218	T72	48	37	11	95	30
2219	O	25	11	18
	T42	52	27	20
	T31, T351	52	36	17	100	33
	T37	57	46	11	117	37
	T62	60	42	10	115	37
	T81, T85x	66	51	10	130	41
	T87	69	57	10	130	40
2024	O	27	11	20	47	18
	T3	70	50	18	120	40
	T361	72	57	13	130	42
	T4, T351	68	47	20	120	41
	T81, T851	70	65	6	128	43
	T86	75	71	6	135	45

(a) At 0.2% offset.  (b) In 50 mm or 2 in.  (c) 500-kg load, 10-mm ball.  (d) Based on 500 million cycles using an R.R. Moore-type rotating-beam machine.  (e) Elongation, % in 250 mm.

Table from Metals Handbook, Desk Edition, 8th printing, by American Society for Metals, 1995, p. 6-34.

Elastic Constants

Metal	Young's modulus, E (106 psi)	Shear modulus, G (106 psi)	Bulk modulus, K (106 psi)	Poisson's ratio, n
Aluminum	10.2	3.80	10.9	0.345
Brass, 30 Zn	14.6	5.41	16.2	0.350
Chromium	40.5	16.7	23.2	0.210
Copper	18.8	7.01	20.0	0.343
Iron (soft)	30.7	11.8	24.6	0.293
Iron (cast)	22.1	8.7	15.9	0.27
Lead	2.34	0.811	6.64	0.44
Magnesium	6.48	2.51	5.16	0.291
Molybdenum	47.1	18.2	37.9	0.293
Nickel (soft)	28.9	11.0	25.7	0.312
Nickel (hard)	31.8	12.2	27.2	0.306
Nickel-silver, 55CU-18Ni-27Zn	19.2	4.97	19.1	0.333
Niobium	15.2	5.44	24.7	0.397
Silver	12.0	4.39	15.0	0.367
Steel, mild	30.7	11.9	24.5	0.291
Steel, 0.75 C	30.5	11.8	24.5	0.293
Steel, 0.75 C, hardened	29.2	11.3	23.9	0.296
Steel, tool	30.7	11.9	24.0	0.287
Steel, tool, hardened	29.5	11.4	24.0	0.295
Steel, stainless, 2Ni-18Cr	31.2	12.2	24.1	0.283
Tantalum	26.9	10.0	28.5	0.342
Tin	7.24	2.67	8.44	0.357
Titanium	17.4	6.61	15.7	0.361
Tungsten	59.6	23.3	45.1	0.280
Vanadium	18.5	6.77	22.9	0.365
Zinc	15.2	6.08	10.1	0.249