1050A Aluminum vs. EN AC-41000 Aluminum
Both 1050A aluminum and EN AC-41000 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 1050A aluminum and the bottom bar is EN AC-41000 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 20 to 45 | |
| 57 to 97 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 | |
| 69 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 33 | |
| 4.5 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 22 to 55 | |
| 58 to 71 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 68 to 170 | |
| 170 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 22 to 150 | |
| 80 to 210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 660 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 650 | |
| 630 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 230 | |
| 170 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 59 | |
| 38 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 200 | |
| 130 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1200 | |
| 1160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 1.9 to 19 | |
| 6.4 to 11 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3.7 to 160 | |
| 46 to 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.9 to 18 | |
| 18 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 25 | |
| 26 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 94 | |
| 69 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 3.0 to 7.6 | |
| 7.8 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 99.5 to 100 | |
| 95.2 to 97.6 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 1.6 to 2.4 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |