7075 Aluminum vs. EN AC-46300 Aluminum
Both 7075 aluminum and EN AC-46300 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 7075 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN AC-46300 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 73 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.8 to 12 | |
| 1.1 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 110 to 190 | |
| 79 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 27 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 240 to 590 | |
| 200 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 510 | |
| 110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 380 | |
| 490 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 630 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 480 | |
| 530 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 870 | |
| 880 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 22 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 33 | |
| 27 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 98 | |
| 84 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.0 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.3 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1120 | |
| 1060 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 7.8 to 44 | |
| 1.9 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 1870 | |
| 89 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 46 | |
| 49 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 54 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 52 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 50 | |
| 47 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 25 | |
| 9.1 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 86.9 to 91.4 | |
| 84 to 90 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.18 to 0.28 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.2 to 2.0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 2.1 to 2.9 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.2 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 6.5 to 8.0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 5.1 to 6.1 | |
| 0 to 0.65 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.55 |