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333.0-F Cast Aluminum

333.0-F aluminum is 333.0 aluminum in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare 333.0-F aluminum to: ANSI/AA cast aluminums (top), all aluminum alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness

90

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

73 GPa 11 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

2.0 %

Fatigue Strength

96 MPa 14 x 103 psi

Poisson's Ratio

0.33

Shear Modulus

28 GPa 4.0 x 106 psi

Shear Strength

190 MPa 27 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

230 MPa 33 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

130 MPa 19 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

520 J/g

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical

170 °C 340 °F

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

590 °C 1090 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

530 °C 990 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

880 J/kg-K 0.21 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

100 W/m-K 60 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

21 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

26 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)

83 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price

10 % relative

Density

2.8 g/cm3 180 lb/ft3

Embodied Carbon

7.6 kg CO2/kg material

Embodied Energy

140 MJ/kg 61 x 103 BTU/lb

Embodied Water

1040 L/kg 120 gal/lb

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)

3.9 MJ/m3

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

120 kJ/m3

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

14 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

49 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

22 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

29 points

Thermal Diffusivity

42 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

11 points

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al)Al 81.8 to 89
Silicon (Si)Si 8.0 to 10
Copper (Cu)Cu 3.0 to 4.0
Iron (Fe)Fe 0 to 1.0
Zinc (Zn)Zn 0 to 1.0
Magnesium (Mg)Mg 0.050 to 0.5
Manganese (Mn)Mn 0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni)Ni 0 to 0.5
Titanium (Ti)Ti 0 to 0.25
Residualsres. 0 to 0.5

All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.

Followup Questions

Further Reading

ASTM B108: Standard Specification for Aluminum-Alloy Permanent Mold Castings

Iron in Aluminium Alloys: Impurity and Alloying Element, N. A. Belov et al., 2002

CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook, 4th ed., James F. Shackelford et al. (editors), 2015