390.0 Aluminum vs. EN AC-47100 Aluminum
Both 390.0 aluminum and EN AC-47100 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 390.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN AC-47100 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 120 | |
| 80 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 | |
| 1.1 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 76 to 110 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 28 | |
| 27 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 to 300 | |
| 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 270 | |
| 160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 640 | |
| 570 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 590 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 560 | |
| 560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 880 | |
| 890 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 24 to 25 | |
| 30 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 79 to 83 | |
| 100 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.3 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 950 | |
| 1030 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.7 to 2.9 | |
| 2.6 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 380 to 470 | |
| 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 52 | |
| 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 30 | |
| 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 to 36 | |
| 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 56 | |
| 54 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 74.5 to 79.6 | |
| 81.4 to 88.8 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 1.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.45 to 0.65 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.55 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 10.5 to 13.5 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.55 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |