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EN AC-44000 Aluminum vs. Grey Cast Iron

EN AC-44000 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grey cast iron belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN AC-44000 aluminum and the bottom bar is grey cast iron.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 51
160 to 300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
180
Elongation at Break, % 7.3
9.6
Fatigue Strength, MPa 64
69 to 170
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
69
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 180
160 to 450
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 86
98 to 290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 560
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 590
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 590
1180
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 910
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 36
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 130
8.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
1.9
Density, g/cm3 2.5
7.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.8
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 1070
44

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 11
13 to 37
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 51
27 to 240
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 16
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 55
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20
5.8 to 17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
8.7 to 17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 61
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.4
6.0 to 17

Alloy Composition


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Aluminum (Al), % 87.1 to 90
0
Carbon (C), % 0
3.1 to 3.4
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.19
92.1 to 93.9
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.45
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0.5 to 0.7
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.9
Silicon (Si), % 10 to 11.8
2.5 to 2.8
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.15
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.070
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.1
0