Properties of Metals & Metal Alloys
| Metal | Melting Point ºC | Density kg/m3 | Ultimate Tensile Strength MPa | Elastic Modulus (Room Temp) GPa | Atomic Weight | Principal Source | ||||
| Aluminium (Al) | 659 | 2710 | 26.98 | Bauxite | ||||||
| Antimony (Sb) | 631 | 6680 | 121.75 | Stibnite | ||||||
| Berylium (Be) | 1278 | 1848 |
413 |
303 |
9.102 | Beryl | ||||
| Bismuth (Bi) | 271 | 9800 | 208.981 | |||||||
| Chromium (Cr) | 1857 | 6800 | 51.996 | Chromite | ||||||
| Cobalt (Co) |
945 |
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| Copper (Cu) | 1083 | 8900 |
455 |
63.55 | Copper Pyrites | |||||
| Gold (Au) | 1063 | 19300 |
74 |
196.967 | Gold | |||||
| Iron (Fe) | 1475 | 7850 | 55.847 | Haematite | ||||||
| Lead (Pb) | 327 | 11370 |
15 |
13 |
207.2 | Galena | ||||
| Lithium (Li) | 180 | 530 | 6.941 | |||||||
| Magnesium (Mg) | 649 | 1738 |
90 |
24.305 | Olivine/Magnesite | |||||
| Manganese (Mn) | 1244 | 7392 | 54.938 | Pyrolusite | ||||||
| Mercury (Hg) | -39 | 13580 |
N/A |
200.59 | Cinnabar | |||||
| Molybdenum (Mo) | 2617 | 10200 |
655 |
95.94 | Molybdenite | |||||
| Nickel (Ni) | 1453 | 8900 |
317 |
204 |
58.71 | Limonite | ||||
| Osmium (Os) | 3045 | 22610 |
551 |
190.2 | Iridosule | |||||
| Platinum (Pt) | 1775 | 21450 | 195.09 | Sperrylite | ||||||
| Plutonium (Pu) | 641 | 19800 | 244 | Man made | ||||||
| Potassium (K) | 63 | 862 | 39.102 | Sylvite | ||||||
| Silver (Ag) | 961 | 10530 |
76 |
107.868 | Argentite | |||||
| Sodium (Na) | 98 | 970 | 22.990 | Rock Salt | ||||||
| Tin (Sn) | 232 | 7300 | 118.69 | Cassiterite | ||||||
| Titanium (Ti) | 1677 | 4540 | 47.90 | Rutile | ||||||
| Tungsten (W) | 3400 | 19400 |
965 |
183.85 | Wolframite | |||||
| Uranium (U) | 1135 | 19050 | 238.029 | |||||||
| Vanadium (V) | 1890 | 5488 | 50.94 | |||||||
| Zinc (Zn) | 419 | 6860 | 65.38 | Sphalerite | ||||||
| Zirconium (Zr) | 1852 | 6400 |
290 |
91.22 | Zircon |
| Metal Alloy | Melting Point ºC | Density kg/m3 | Ultimate Tensile Strength MPa | Elastic Modulus (Room Temp) GPa | |||||
| Aluminium 2024-T3 | 635 | 73 | |||||||
| Aluminium 6061-T6 | 650 |
310 |
73 | ||||||
| Aluminium 7079-T6 | 71 | ||||||||
| Brass | 1027 | 8600 | |||||||
| Brass (70Cu/30Zn) | 955 | 8500 | |||||||
| Bronze (90Cu/10Sn) | 1027 | 8800 | |||||||
| Bronze (Phosphor, 95Cu,5Sn, hard) |
588 |
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| Copper nickel (64Cu/14Ni/22Zn) | 8850 | ||||||||
| German Silver (60Cu/25Zn/15Ni) | 1027 | 8700 | |||||||
| Invar (64Fe/36Ni) | 1527 | 8000 | |||||||
| Monel (70Ni/30Cu) | 1327 | 8800 | |||||||
| Nickel Silver | 8700 |
425-595 |
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| Soft Solder (50Pb/50Sn) | 217 | 9000 | |||||||
| White Metal (Babbitt Metal) | 238 | 7296 |
| Steels | Melting Point ºC | Density kg/m3 | Ultimate Tensile Strength | ||||||
| Steel | 1427 | 7830 | |||||||
| Mild Steel | 1427 | 7860 | |||||||
| Piano Wire | 1427 | 7800 | |||||||