EN AC-51300 Aluminum vs. EN AC-46300 Aluminum
Both EN AC-51300 aluminum and EN AC-46300 aluminum are aluminum alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN AC-51300 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN AC-46300 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 65 | |
| 91 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 67 | |
| 73 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.7 | |
| 1.1 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 78 | |
| 79 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 25 | |
| 27 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 490 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 630 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 600 | |
| 530 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 910 | |
| 880 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 22 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 31 | |
| 27 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 100 | |
| 84 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.1 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1180 | |
| 1060 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 6.1 | |
| 1.9 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 87 | |
| 89 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
| 49 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 45 | |
| 47 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.6 | |
| 9.1 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 91.4 to 95.5 | |
| 84 to 90 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 4.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.45 | |
| 0.2 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
| 6.5 to 8.0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.65 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.55 |