3105 Aluminum vs. A360.0 Aluminum
Both 3105 aluminum and A360.0 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 3105 aluminum and the bottom bar is A360.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 29 to 67 | |
| 75 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 72 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 20 | |
| 1.6 to 5.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 39 to 95 | |
| 82 to 150 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 27 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 77 to 140 | |
| 180 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 120 to 240 | |
| 180 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 46 to 220 | |
| 170 to 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 530 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 660 | |
| 680 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 640 | |
| 590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 170 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 44 | |
| 30 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 140 | |
| 100 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 9.5 |
| Calomel Potential, mV | -750 | |
| -700 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.8 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1180 | |
| 1070 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.6 to 19 | |
| 4.6 to 13 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 15 to 340 | |
| 190 to 470 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 24 | |
| 19 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 31 | |
| 27 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 68 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 5.2 to 11 | |
| 8.5 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 96 to 99.5 | |
| 85.8 to 90.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 1.3 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 9.0 to 10 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |