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8011A (AlFeSi(A)) Aluminum

8011A aluminum is an otherwise-unclassified alloy of aluminum. 8011A is the Aluminum Association (AA) designation for this material. In European standards, it will be given as EN AW-8011A. AlFeSi(A) is the EN chemical designation.

It originally received its standard designation in 1979.

It can have the highest ductility among the otherwise unclassified aluminums in the database.

The properties of 8011A aluminum include eight common variations. This page shows summary ranges across all of them. For more specific values, follow the links immediately below. The graph bars on the material properties cards further below compare 8011A aluminum to: otherwise unclassified 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

25 to 50

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

69 GPa 10 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

1.7 to 28 %

Fatigue Strength

33 to 76 MPa 4.7 to 11 x 103 psi

Poisson's Ratio

0.33

Shear Modulus

26 GPa 3.8 x 106 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

100 to 180 MPa 15 to 26 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

34 to 170 MPa 4.9 to 24 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

400 J/g

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical

170 °C 340 °F

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

650 °C 1190 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

630 °C 1170 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

900 J/kg-K 0.21 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

210 W/m-K 120 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

23 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

56 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)

180 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price

9.0 % relative

Density

2.7 g/cm3 170 lb/ft3

Embodied Carbon

8.2 kg CO2/kg material

Embodied Energy

150 MJ/kg 66 x 103 BTU/lb

Embodied Water

1180 L/kg 140 gal/lb

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)

3.0 to 22 MJ/m3

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

8.2 to 200 kJ/m3

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

14 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

50 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

11 to 18 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

18 to 26 points

Thermal Diffusivity

86 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

4.6 to 8.1 points

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al)Al 97.5 to 99.1
Iron (Fe)Fe 0.5 to 1.0
Silicon (Si)Si 0.4 to 0.8
Manganese (Mn)Mn 0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr)Cr 0 to 0.1
Zinc (Zn)Zn 0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu)Cu 0 to 0.1
Magnesium (Mg)Mg 0 to 0.1
Titanium (Ti)Ti 0 to 0.050
Residualsres. 0 to 0.15

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

Followup Questions

Similar Alloys

Further Reading

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

EN 485-2: Aluminium and aluminium alloys. Sheet, strip and plate. Mechanical properties

ISO 6361-2: Wrought aluminium and aluminium alloys - Sheets, strips and plates - Part 2: Mechanical properties

EN 573-3: Aluminium and aluminium alloys. Chemical composition and form of wrought products. Chemical composition and form of products

Properties and Selection: Nonferrous Alloys and Special-Purpose Materials, ASM Handbook vol. 2, ASM International, 1993