EN AC-21200 Aluminum vs. 5010 Aluminum
Both EN AC-21200 aluminum and 5010 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN AC-21200 aluminum and the bottom bar is 5010 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 120 to 130 | |
| 27 to 62 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 69 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.9 to 6.2 | |
| 1.1 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 110 to 130 | |
| 35 to 83 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 410 to 440 | |
| 100 to 210 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 360 | |
| 38 to 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 660 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 550 | |
| 630 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 880 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 200 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 34 | |
| 45 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 100 | |
| 150 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.0 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1150 | |
| 1190 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 16 to 22 | |
| 2.3 to 20 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 500 to 930 | |
| 10 to 270 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 46 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 38 to 40 | |
| 10 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 43 | |
| 18 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 49 | |
| 82 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 19 | |
| 4.5 to 9.4 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 93.3 to 95.7 | |
| 97.1 to 99.7 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |