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EN AC-43500-T5 Cast Aluminum

EN AC-43500-T5 is EN AC-43500 aluminum in the T5 temper. To achieve this temper, the metal is artificially aged until it meets standard mechanical property requirements. It has the highest strength and lowest ductility compared to the other variants of EN AC-43500 aluminum.

The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare EN AC-43500-T5 to: Euronorm (EN) 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

91

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

72 GPa 10 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

4.5 %

Fatigue Strength

76 MPa 11 x 103 psi

Poisson's Ratio

0.33

Shear Modulus

27 GPa 3.9 x 106 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

300 MPa 44 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

170 MPa 25 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

550 J/g

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical

170 °C 340 °F

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

600 °C 1100 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

590 °C 1090 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

900 J/kg-K 0.22 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

140 W/m-K 80 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

22 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

38 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)

130 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price

9.5 % relative

Density

2.6 g/cm3 160 lb/ft3

Embodied Carbon

7.8 kg CO2/kg material

Embodied Energy

150 MJ/kg 63 x 103 BTU/lb

Embodied Water

1070 L/kg 130 gal/lb

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)

12 MJ/m3

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

200 kJ/m3

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

16 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

54 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

33 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

39 points

Thermal Diffusivity

60 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

14 points

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al)Al 86.4 to 90.5
Silicon (Si)Si 9.0 to 11.5
Manganese (Mn)Mn 0.4 to 0.8
Magnesium (Mg)Mg 0.1 to 0.6
Iron (Fe)Fe 0 to 0.25
Titanium (Ti)Ti 0 to 0.2
Zinc (Zn)Zn 0 to 0.070
Copper (Cu)Cu 0 to 0.050
Residualsres. 0 to 0.15

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

Followup Questions

Further Reading

EN 1706: Aluminium and aluminium alloys. Castings. Chemical composition and mechanical properties

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