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ACT1-2014 type I Sintered Aluminum

ACT1-2014 type I is sintered 2014 aluminum in the T1 temper. To achieve this temper, the metal is naturally aged until it meets standard mechanical property requirements. It has the lowest strength compared to the other variants of sintered 2014 aluminum.

The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare ACT1-2014 type I 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

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

70 GPa 10 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

2.0 %

Fatigue Strength

65 MPa 9.4 x 103 psi

Poisson's Ratio

0.33

Shear Modulus

26 GPa 3.8 x 106 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

140 MPa 20 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

97 MPa 14 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

390 J/g

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical

170 °C 340 °F

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

650 °C 1210 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

560 °C 1030 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

880 J/kg-K 0.21 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

130 W/m-K 76 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

23 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

33 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)

100 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price

10 % relative

Density

2.9 g/cm3 180 lb/ft3

Embodied Carbon

8.0 kg CO2/kg material

Embodied Energy

150 MJ/kg 64 x 103 BTU/lb

Embodied Water

1150 L/kg 140 gal/lb

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)

2.5 MJ/m3

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

68 kJ/m3

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

13 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

47 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

13 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

20 points

Thermal Diffusivity

51 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

6.2 points

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al)Al 91.5 to 96.3
Copper (Cu)Cu 3.5 to 5.0
Silicon (Si)Si 0 to 1.2
Magnesium (Mg)Mg 0.2 to 0.8
Residualsres. 0 to 1.5

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

Followup Questions

Further Reading

ASTM B595: Standard Specification for Sintered Aluminum Structural Parts

Sintering of Advanced Materials: Fundamentals and Processes, Zhigang Zak Fang (editor), 2010

Aluminum: Properties and Physical Metallurgy, John E. Hatch (editor), 1984

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

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