3105 Aluminum vs. EN AC-71100 Aluminum
Both 3105 aluminum and EN AC-71100 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 3105 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN AC-71100 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 29 to 67 | |
| 110 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 72 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 20 | |
| 1.1 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 39 to 95 | |
| 150 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 27 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 120 to 240 | |
| 260 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 46 to 220 | |
| 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 490 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 660 | |
| 580 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 640 | |
| 520 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 860 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 22 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 44 | |
| 32 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 140 | |
| 97 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.8 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 7.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1180 | |
| 1010 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.6 to 19 | |
| 2.8 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 15 to 340 | |
| 360 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 47 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 31 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 5.2 to 11 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 96 to 99.5 | |
| 78.7 to 83.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 7.5 to 9.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 9.0 to 10.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |