EN AC-43400 Aluminum vs. EN AC-48100 Aluminum
Both EN AC-43400 aluminum and EN AC-48100 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN AC-43400 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN AC-48100 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 80 | |
| 100 to 140 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 76 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 | |
| 1.1 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 110 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 29 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 | |
| 240 to 330 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 | |
| 190 to 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 540 | |
| 640 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 600 | |
| 580 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 590 | |
| 470 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 880 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 140 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 32 | |
| 27 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 110 | |
| 87 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.8 | |
| 7.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1070 | |
| 940 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.6 | |
| 2.3 to 3.6 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 250 to 580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 54 | |
| 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 | |
| 24 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 36 | |
| 31 to 38 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 59 | |
| 55 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
| 11 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 86 to 90.8 | |
| 72.1 to 79.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0.25 to 0.65 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |