MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN-MC65220 Magnesium vs. 4007 Aluminum

EN-MC65220 magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys classification, while 4007 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. 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-MC65220 magnesium and the bottom bar is 4007 aluminum.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 80
32 to 44
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 44
71
Elongation at Break, % 2.2
5.1 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 110
46 to 88
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 17
27
Shear Strength, MPa 150
80 to 90
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 270
130 to 160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
50 to 120

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 340
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 160
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 610
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 550
590
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 980
890
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 110
170
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 26
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 25
42
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 120
140

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 80
9.5
Density, g/cm3 1.9
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 27
8.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 210
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 5.5
7.4 to 23
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 450
18 to 110
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 62
49
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 40
12 to 15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 49
20 to 23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 61
67
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
5.5 to 6.7

Alloy Composition


Deprecated: Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /home/public/compare.php on line 452
Aluminum (Al), % 0
94.1 to 97.6
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0.050 to 0.25
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.050
Copper (Cu), % 0.050 to 0.1
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.010
0.4 to 1.0
Magnesium (Mg), % 93.8 to 96.8
0 to 0.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.15
0.8 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.0050
0.15 to 0.7
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.010
1.0 to 1.7
Silver (Ag), % 1.3 to 1.7
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.1
Unspecified Rare Earths, % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.1
Zirconium (Zr), % 0.4 to 1.0
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.15