Aluminium 8079 AW-8079

spore: profile
id: aluminium-8079
spore_version: 0.2
family: aluminium
name: Aluminium 8079
abbreviation: AW-8079
role: food-contact foil and thin-sheet alloy
category: metals
type: aluminium
summary: |
  AW-8079 (AlFe1Si) is a wrought aluminium alloy with 0.7 to 1.3 % iron and 0.05 to 0.3 % silicon. A supplier page prints its density as 2.72 g/cm3 in condition O foil. Another supplier page prints a tensile strength of 170 to 175 MPa and a yield strength of 155 MPa for H19 foil. One page describes the alloy as "Aluminum for food using". No corrosion test, space result or flight data for this alloy were found.
best_for: 'Food-contact foil and thin sheet, where the suppliers describe the alloy as food grade (Euralliage: ''Aluminum for food using'')'
weakest_at: 'Strength depends strongly on temper: 45 to 110 MPa in condition O against 170 to 175 MPa in H19 foil. No corrosion or space test data were found.'
identity:
  formula: 'Al-Fe-Si wrought alloy (AlFe1Si): aluminium with 0.7 to 1.3 % iron and 0.05 to 0.3 % silicon, copper and zinc as minor elements'
  cas: 7429-90-5
  source: pubchem-al
  where: CAS number 7429-90-5 is printed for the base metal aluminium in the PubChem record (CID 5359268). Alloy composition is from the Mfgrobots condition O chemical table.
  designations:
    - system: EN name
      code: AW-8079
      source: mfg-o
      where: Page title, AW-8079 O
    - system: EN name
      code: AW-AlFe1Si
      source: eur
      where: Header, 8079 (AW-AlFe1Si)
    - system: ASTM
      code: B479
      note: foil product specification named on the supplier page
      source: sam
      where: 'Header table, Standard: QQA-1876, ASTM B479'
tags:
  environments: []
  stresses: []
  applications:
    - thermal-control
    - habitats-and-suits
properties:
  - benchmark: density
    label: Density, condition O foil
    value: 2.72
    unit: g/cm3
    scope: material
    conditions:
      grade: AW-8079 O
      shape: foil
      unit_in_source: g/cm³
    method: Value printed in the general property table of a supplier product page
    status: ground
    source: mfg-o
    where: General table, row Density (condition O, shape Foil)
  - benchmark: density
    label: Density, EN AW-8079 (range)
    value: 2.6
    value_high: 2.9
    bound: range
    unit: kg/dm3
    scope: material
    conditions:
      grade: EN AW-8079
      temper: not printed
      unit_in_source: kg/dm³
    method: Range printed in the physical properties table of a materials-data page
    status: ground
    source: tm
    where: Physical properties table, row Density
  - benchmark: ultimate_tensile_strength
    label: Tensile strength, condition O (envelope of twelve printed ranges)
    value: 45
    value_high: 110
    bound: range
    unit: MPa
    scope: material
    conditions:
      temper: O
      temperature: 20.0 °C
      product_forms: foil, sheet, forging, seamless tube (as printed)
    method: Lowest lower bound and highest upper bound of the twelve ranges printed for condition O at 20.0 °C (45.0 to 110.0 MPa). The page does not say which range applies to a given product.
    status: ground
    note: Twelve separate ranges are printed, from 45.0 - 100.0 to 60.0 - 110.0 MPa. The page does not say which applies to a product.
    source: mfg-o
    where: Mechanical table, tensile strength at 20.0 °C, condition O (twelve rows)
  - benchmark: ultimate_tensile_strength
    label: Tensile strength, H19 foil
    value: 170
    value_high: 175
    bound: range
    unit: MPa
    scope: material
    conditions:
      temper: H19
      shape: foil
      thickness: not stated in the row
    method: Range printed in the mechanical table of a supplier product page
    status: ground
    source: mfg-h19
    where: Mechanical table, tensile strength, temper H19, shape Foil
  - benchmark: yield_strength
    label: Yield strength, H19 foil (printed as RP02)
    value: 155
    unit: MPa
    scope: material
    conditions:
      temper: H19
      shape: foil
      label_as_printed: RP02
    method: Value printed in the mechanical table of a supplier product page, with the label printed as RP02 (read as the 0.2 % proof strength)
    status: ground
    source: mfg-h19
    where: Mechanical table, yield strength row, temper H19, shape Foil
  - benchmark: ultimate_tensile_strength
    label: Tensile strength, EN AW-8079 (temper not printed)
    value: 45
    value_high: 135
    bound: range
    unit: MPa
    scope: material
    conditions:
      temper: not printed
      temperature: 0 - 30 °C
    method: Range printed in the mechanical properties table of a materials-data page for the EN AW-8079 entry
    status: ground
    note: The page does not name the temper for this row. Treat it as a range for the grade, not for one temper.
    source: tm
    where: Mechanical properties table, row Tensile Strength
  - benchmark: yield_strength
    label: Yield strength Rp0.2, EN AW-8079 (temper not printed)
    value: 60
    value_high: 65
    bound: range
    unit: MPa
    scope: material
    conditions:
      temper: not printed
      temperature: 0 - 30 °C
    method: Range printed in the mechanical properties table of a materials-data page for the EN AW-8079 entry
    status: ground
    note: The page does not name the temper for this row, and the tensile and yield rows are not labelled with a product form.
    source: tm
    where: Mechanical properties table, row Yield Strength, Rp0.2
  - benchmark: elongation
    label: Elongation A, EN AW-8079 (temper not printed)
    value: 1
    bound: lower
    unit: '%'
    scope: material
    conditions:
      temper: not printed
      temperature: 0 - 30 °C
    method: Lower limit printed in the mechanical properties table of a materials-data page for the EN AW-8079 entry
    status: ground
    source: tm
    where: Mechanical properties table, row Elongation, A (printed as greater than or equal to 1 %)
  - benchmark: elastic_modulus
    label: Modulus of elasticity, EN AW-8079 (range)
    value: 69
    value_high: 79
    bound: range
    unit: GPa
    scope: material
    conditions:
      temperature: 0 - 30 °C
      temper: not printed
    method: Range printed in the physical properties table of a materials-data page for the EN AW-8079 entry
    status: ground
    source: tm
    where: Physical properties table, row Modulus of Elasticity
  - benchmark: iron_content
    label: Iron content (nominal chemical composition)
    value: 0.7
    value_high: 1.3
    bound: range
    unit: '%'
    scope: material
    conditions:
      basis: nominal composition for AW-8079 in condition O, as printed
    method: Range printed in the chemical composition table of a supplier product page
    status: ground
    source: mfg-o
    where: Chemical properties table, row Iron, condition O
  - benchmark: silicon_content
    label: Silicon content (nominal chemical composition)
    value: 0.05
    value_high: 0.3
    bound: range
    unit: '%'
    scope: material
    conditions:
      basis: nominal composition for AW-8079 in condition O, as printed
    method: Range printed in the chemical composition table of a supplier product page
    status: ground
    source: mfg-o
    where: Chemical properties table, row Silicon, condition O
  - benchmark: copper_content
    label: Copper content (nominal chemical composition)
    value: 0.05
    unit: '%'
    scope: material
    conditions:
      basis: single value printed for AW-8079 in condition O
    method: Value printed in the chemical composition table of a supplier product page
    status: ground
    source: mfg-o
    where: Chemical properties table, row Copper, condition O
  - benchmark: zinc_content
    label: Zinc content (nominal chemical composition)
    value: 0.1
    unit: '%'
    scope: material
    conditions:
      basis: single value printed for AW-8079 in condition O
    method: Value printed in the chemical composition table of a supplier product page
    status: ground
    source: mfg-o
    where: Chemical properties table, row Zinc, condition O
corrosion:
  - environment: Air at ambient temperature (general statement about aluminium, not a test of alloy 8079)
    headline: No corrosion test for AW-8079 was found. The only statement read is the general one about aluminium's oxide film.
    effect: Wikipedia says aluminium forms a protective layer of oxide on the surface when exposed to air. The sources read give no corrosion rate, pitting data or environmental test for alloy 8079.
    rating: unknown
    conditions:
      basis: general statement about aluminium metal, not a test of this alloy
    source: wikipedia-aluminium
    where: Article text on the oxide layer (general description of the element)
risks:
  hazards:
    - text: PubChem lists H250 'Catches fire spontaneously if exposed to air' for uncoated aluminium powder and H228 'Flammable solid' for coated powder. These codes apply to powder, not to the rolled foil or sheet this profile covers.
      ghs:
        - H250
        - H228
      source: pubchem-al
      where: GHS Hazard Statements entries in the PubChem record for aluminium (CID 5359268)
  failure_risks: []
  side_effects: []
  handling:
    - text: No storage or handling rule for alloy 8079 foil was found in the sources read. The Euralliage page describes the alloy as 'Aluminum for food using' and gives no handling advice.
      source: eur
      where: Product description and shapes section
  mitigations: []
uses:
  - application: thermal-control
    device: Thin sheet for heat exchangers
    example: Euralliage lists thin sheets, including thin sheets for heat exchangers, among the shapes made from this alloy.
    source: eur
    where: Shapes section
  - application: habitats-and-suits
    device: Food-contact and pharmaceutical foil
    example: Stanford Advanced Materials lists packaging foil in tempers O, H22 and H24, and pharmaceutical foil in H14 and H18. The tag is the nearest one in the site list; this is a terrestrial packaging use, not a space application.
    source: sam
    where: Specification table, rows Packaging foil and Pharmaceutical Foil
supply:
  - subject: Aluminium (primary smelter production, 2025e)
    producers:
      - country: China
        share_percent: 60.8
        year: 2025
      - country: India
        share_percent: 5.7
        year: 2025
      - country: Russia
        share_percent: 5.3
        year: 2025
      - country: Canada
        share_percent: 4.5
        year: 2025
      - country: United Arab Emirates
        share_percent: 3.6
        year: 2025
    critical_lists:
      - list: USGS 2025 List of Critical Minerals (Aluminum, used in almost all sectors of the economy)
        listed: true
      - list: EU critical raw materials list (listed as Bauxite; the page says aluminium and bauxite have been merged)
        listed: true
    recycling: 'USGS: in 2025 aluminum recovered from purchased scrap in the United States was about 3.6 million tons, of which about 56% came from new scrap (manufacturing) and 44% from old scrap.'
    substitutes:
      - 'USGS: Glass, paper, plastics, and steel can substitute for aluminum in packaging.'
      - 'USGS: Copper can replace aluminum in electrical and heat-exchange applications.'
    source: usgs-mcs2026-aluminum
    where: 'World Smelter Production and Capacity table, smelter production 2025e (world total 74,000 thousand t; shares calculated by Space Mushroom from China 45,000, India 4,200, Russia 3,900, Canada 3,300 and United Arab Emirates 2,700); Recycling; Substitutes. Critical lists: USGS final 2025 list and European Commission page (see sources).'
documents:
  - title: 'Mfgrobots product page: AW-8079 O (EN 573-3 table and properties)'
    type: database
    url: https://www.mfgrobots.com/Article/material/metal/37382.html
    year: 2026
  - title: 'Mfgrobots product page: AW-8079 H19 foil'
    type: database
    url: https://www.mfgrobots.com/Article/material/metal/41447.html
    year: 2026
  - title: 'TotalMateria: EN AW-8079 (Germany / DIN) material properties'
    type: database
    url: https://www.totalmateria.com/en-us/material/3234208
  - title: 'Euralliage: 8079 (AW-AlFe1Si) alloy page'
    type: datasheet
    url: https://www.euralliage.com/8079_english.htm
  - title: 'Stanford Advanced Materials: Aluminum Alloy 8079 Foil, product AL1470'
    type: datasheet
    url: https://samaterials.com/aluminium/1470-aluminum-alloy-8079-foil.html
  - title: 'USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026: Aluminum'
    type: report
    url: https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2026/mcs2026-aluminum.pdf
    year: 2026
  - title: 'PubChem: Aluminum (CID 5359268), GHS and CAS sections (JSON record)'
    type: database
    url: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug_view/data/compound/5359268/JSON
    year: 2026
gaps:
  - No elongation value for condition O or H19 foil was found. The only elongation row is a lower limit of 1 % from TotalMateria, with no temper printed.
  - Mfgrobots prints melting range, thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity and modulus as typical values for wrought 8000 series aluminium. These describe the family, not AW-8079, so they are left out.
  - Euralliage prints no mechanical or physical characteristic for this alloy and says it is produced in limited quantity for fields not covered by the European standard. This conflicts with the Mfgrobots and TotalMateria pages, which print values and cite EN 573-3, and the conflict is not resolved here.
  - The EN 573-3 or EN 546 standard text was not opened, so the composition limits are the printed ranges from supplier pages and not the standard itself.
  - No failure risk (hot strength, fatigue, pinholes, delamination) for alloy 8079 was found in the sources read.
  - No corrosion test for alloy 8079 was found. The corrosion entry only records a general statement about aluminium's oxide layer.
  - Crustal abundance of aluminium was not looked up in a readable source for this profile.
  - No space, vacuum, outgassing, radiation or flight result for alloy 8079 was found.
  - The PubChem hazard codes are for aluminium powder. No hazard classification for 8079 foil was found.
  - Only one food-contact use and one heat-exchanger use were found. No space application source was found, and the food-packaging use is filed under the nearest tag in the site list.
  - TotalMateria lists 15 of 52 cross-references (including AFNOR, BDS, CSN and MSZ entries). These were not opened, so no national designation is recorded other than those listed in identity.
  - The USGS 2025 critical-minerals list was read through its web page. The page text could not be extracted for a raw check, so the list entry rests on that page summary.
sources:
  mfg-o:
    title: 'AW-8079 O product page (Mfgrobots): general, mechanical and chemical tables'
    url: https://www.mfgrobots.com/Article/material/metal/37382.html
    kind: web
    license: Supplier product page (cited, not reproduced)
  mfg-h19:
    title: 'AW-8079 H19 product page (Mfgrobots): foil properties'
    url: https://www.mfgrobots.com/Article/material/metal/41447.html
    kind: web
    license: Supplier product page (cited, not reproduced)
  tm:
    title: EN AW-8079 (Germany / DIN) material properties (TotalMateria)
    id: TotalMateria material 3234208
    url: https://www.totalmateria.com/en-us/material/3234208
    kind: database
    license: Materials-data site (cited, not reproduced)
  eur:
    title: '8079 (AW-AlFe1Si) alloy page (Euralliage): composition and shapes'
    url: https://www.euralliage.com/8079_english.htm
    kind: datasheet
    license: Supplier page (cited, not reproduced)
  sam:
    title: Aluminum Alloy 8079 Foil, catalog AL1470 (Stanford Advanced Materials)
    id: AL1470; QQA-1876, ASTM B479 as printed
    url: https://samaterials.com/aluminium/1470-aluminum-alloy-8079-foil.html
    kind: datasheet
    license: Supplier product page (cited, not reproduced)
  usgs-mcs2026-aluminum:
    title: 'Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026: Aluminum (USGS)'
    id: USGS MCS 2026, February 2026
    url: https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2026/mcs2026-aluminum.pdf
    year: 2026
    kind: report
    license: public domain (USGS)
  usgs-crit2025:
    title: About the 2025 List of Critical Minerals (USGS, final list)
    url: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/mineral-resources-program/science/about-2025-list-critical-minerals
    year: 2025
    kind: web
    license: public domain (USGS)
  ec-crm:
    title: Critical raw materials (European Commission)
    id: Regulation (EU) 2024/1252
    url: https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/raw-materials/areas-specific-interest/critical-raw-materials_en
    year: 2024
    kind: web
    license: European Commission web page
  pubchem-al:
    title: 'PubChem compound record: Aluminum (CID 5359268), CAS and GHS sections'
    id: CID 5359268; CAS 7429-90-5
    url: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug_view/data/compound/5359268/JSON
    year: 2026
    kind: database
    license: public domain (NCBI); GHS data attributed to ECHA C&L Inventory
  wikipedia-aluminium:
    title: Aluminium (Wikipedia), general description of the element
    url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium
    year: 2026
    kind: web
    license: CC BY-SA 4.0 (cited, not reproduced)
license: CC-BY-4.0
updated: '2026-11-01'
review:
  status: draft
  method: assistant
  checked_values: 13
  unreachable: 0
  caveats: 4
  note: Read by an AI assistant on 2026-11-01 from the supplier, materials-data and USGS pages named above. Composition ranges, tensile and yield values are from supplier pages that do not name an EN 573-3 table or a temper for every row. The O-condition tensile range is an envelope of twelve printed ranges. Euralliage prints no mechanical values for this alloy.
story:
  recipe:
    line: AW-8079 (AlFe1Si) is a wrought aluminium alloy. It is mostly aluminium, with iron and silicon as the main additions, and copper and zinc as small minor elements. The composition figures are nominal values printed on the supplier pages, not measured values.
    parts:
      - name: Aluminium
        symbol: Al
        share: the balance of the alloy
        role: The base metal. It sets the density and the conductivity of the alloy.
      - name: Iron
        symbol: Fe
        share: 0.7 to 1.3 %
        role: The main addition. It gives the alloy its strength in the annealed and cold-worked tempers.
      - name: Silicon
        symbol: Si
        share: 0.05 to 0.3 %
        role: A minor addition that works with iron to form the AlFe1Si composition.
      - name: Copper
        symbol: Cu
        share: 0.05 %
        role: A trace element, printed as a single value.
      - name: Zinc
        symbol: Zn
        share: 0.1 %
        role: A trace element, printed as a single value.
  risk_groups:
    - title: For people
      level: 0
      verdict: Powder is flammable; foil not classified
      lead: The hazard codes found are for aluminium powder. No hazard classification for the rolled alloy was found.
      points:
        - label: Powder
          line: PubChem lists H250 (catches fire spontaneously if exposed to air) for uncoated aluminium powder and H228 (flammable solid) for coated powder.
        - label: Foil
          line: The sources read give no hazard classification for AW-8079 foil.
    - title: Food contact
      level: 1
      verdict: Described as food grade by suppliers
      lead: Suppliers describe the alloy as food grade, but the sources do not include a food-contact test.
      points:
        - label: Supplier wording
          line: Euralliage describes the alloy as 'Aluminum for food using'. Mfgrobots calls it food safe.
        - label: Limits
          line: No migration or food-contact test result was found for this alloy.
    - title: Handling and storage
      points:
        - label: Storage
          line: No storage or handling rule for alloy 8079 was found in the sources read.
  why: AW-8079 (AlFe1Si) is a wrought aluminium alloy with iron and silicon as its main additions, at 0.7 to 1.3 % iron and 0.05 to 0.3 % silicon. Suppliers offer it mainly as foil and thin sheet, and describe it as food grade. Its strength depends strongly on temper. Condition O is printed with tensile ranges that together run from 45 to 110 MPa, and H19 foil is printed at 170 to 175 MPa tensile with a yield strength of 155 MPa. The profile records those printed numbers as supplier data.
  uses:
    - where: Thin sheet for heat exchangers
      line: Euralliage lists thin sheets, including thin sheets for heat exchangers, among the shapes made from this alloy.
    - where: Food-contact and pharmaceutical foil
      line: Stanford Advanced Materials lists packaging foil in tempers O, H22 and H24, and pharmaceutical foil in H14 and H18. This is a terrestrial use, not a space application.
  can_do:
    - label: Density
      benchmark: density
      value: 2.72 g/cm3
      line: The density of condition O foil is 2.72 g/cm3 as printed by Mfgrobots. TotalMateria prints 2.6 to 2.9 kg/dm3 for the grade.
    - label: Strength in H19 foil
      benchmark: ultimate_tensile_strength
      value: 170 to 175 MPa
      line: H19 foil is printed with a tensile strength of 170 to 175 MPa and a yield strength of 155 MPa (labelled RP02).
    - label: Strength in condition O
      benchmark: ultimate_tensile_strength
      value: 45 to 110 MPa
      line: In condition O the twelve printed tensile ranges run from 45 to 110 MPa at 20 °C. The page does not say which range fits a given product.
    - label: Stiffness
      benchmark: elastic_modulus
      value: 69 to 79 GPa
      line: TotalMateria prints a modulus of elasticity of 69 to 79 GPa for the grade over 0 to 30 °C, with the temper not stated.
  compare: 'Within this profile set, AW-8079 is an iron-silicon foil alloy rather than a structural alloy. Its strength depends strongly on temper: condition O is printed at 45 to 110 MPa tensile, and H19 foil at 170 to 175 MPa. The sources do not agree on whether the alloy has a full standard. Mfgrobots and TotalMateria cite EN 573-3 and print values, while Euralliage says no mechanical or physical characteristic is specified for it. No like-for-like comparison with other aluminium grades was possible from these sources.'
  compare_rows:
    - label: Density
      benchmark: density
    - label: Tensile strength
      benchmark: ultimate_tensile_strength
    - label: Yield strength
      benchmark: yield_strength
  handling:
    - No storage or handling rule for alloy 8079 was found in the sources read.
    - State the temper when ordering, because the printed strength ranges differ between condition O and H19 foil.
    - The Euralliage page calls the alloy food grade; no food-contact test result was found.
  good_for:
    - 'Food-contact foil: suppliers describe the alloy as food grade.'
    - Thin sheet for heat exchangers, per the Euralliage shapes list.
  watch_out:
    - Strength varies strongly with temper, from 45 to 110 MPa in condition O to 170 to 175 MPa in H19 foil.
    - No corrosion, space or flight test was found for this alloy.
    - The sources disagree on whether a full EN standard covers the alloy.
  verdict: AW-8079 is an iron-silicon aluminium alloy sold mainly as food-contact foil and thin sheet. Suppliers print a density of 2.72 g/cm3 and temper-dependent strengths. The sources contain no corrosion, space or flight data for the alloy.