201.0 Aluminum vs. EN-MC21120 Magnesium
201.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN-MC21120 magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 201.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN-MC21120 magnesium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 95 to 140 | |
| 63 to 75 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 46 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.4 to 20 | |
| 2.2 to 6.7 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 to 150 | |
| 84 to 96 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 18 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 290 | |
| 110 to 160 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 470 | |
| 200 to 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 400 | |
| 130 to 170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 350 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 570 | |
| 490 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 870 | |
| 990 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 76 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 26 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 30 to 33 | |
| 11 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 87 to 97 | |
| 59 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.1 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.7 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 19 to 63 | |
| 5.0 to 15 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 330 to 1160 | |
| 180 to 320 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 45 | |
| 69 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 42 | |
| 31 to 43 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 37 to 44 | |
| 43 to 53 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 45 | |
| 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 25 | |
| 11 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 92.1 to 95.1 | |
| 8.3 to 9.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 4.0 to 5.2 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.15 to 0.55 | |
| 88.6 to 91.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |