EN AC-45100 Aluminum vs. 4015 Aluminum
Both EN AC-45100 aluminum and 4015 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 93% 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-45100 aluminum and the bottom bar is 4015 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 97 to 130 | |
| 35 to 70 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 2.8 | |
| 1.1 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 82 to 99 | |
| 46 to 71 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 300 to 360 | |
| 130 to 220 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 320 | |
| 50 to 200 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 470 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 630 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 550 | |
| 600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 890 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 140 | |
| 160 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 30 | |
| 41 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 95 | |
| 130 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1100 | |
| 1160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 3.5 to 7.6 | |
| 2.4 to 24 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 to 710 | |
| 18 to 290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 49 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 13 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 to 39 | |
| 21 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 54 | |
| 66 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 5.7 to 9.7 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 88 to 92.8 | |
| 94.9 to 97.9 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.6 to 3.6 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
| 0.6 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 4.5 to 6.0 | |
| 1.4 to 2.2 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |