Solder Alloy 171 vs. A357.0 Aluminum
Solder alloy 171 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while A357.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 solder alloy 171 and the bottom bar is A357.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 16 | |
| 100 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 3.7 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.39 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 14 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 48 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 47 | |
| 500 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 180 | |
| 610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 180 | |
| 560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 190 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 160 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 12 | |
| 40 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 140 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 210 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 2.4 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 1.5 | |
| 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 3.3 | |
| 43 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 30 | |
| 68 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 3.7 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 90.8 to 93 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.070 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 34.7 to 36.7 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.5 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 61.5 to 62.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |