512.0 Aluminum vs. EN AC-21100 Aluminum
Both 512.0 aluminum and EN AC-21100 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 512.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN AC-21100 aluminum.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 50 | |
100 to 110 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
71 |
Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 | |
6.2 to 7.3 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 58 | |
79 to 87 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
0.33 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
27 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 130 | |
340 to 350 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 83 | |
210 to 240 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
390 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
170 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 630 | |
670 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 590 | |
550 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
880 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 150 | |
130 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
23 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 38 | |
34 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 130 | |
100 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
11 |
Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
3.0 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.8 | |
8.0 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
150 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 1160 | |
1150 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.3 | |
19 to 21 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 50 | |
300 to 400 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
46 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
31 to 33 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
36 to 37 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 60 | |
48 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.1 | |
15 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 90.6 to 95.1 | |
93.4 to 95.7 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
4.2 to 5.2 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
0 to 0.19 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
0 to 0.55 |
Silicon (Si), % | 1.4 to 2.2 | |
0 to 0.18 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0.15 to 0.3 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
0 to 0.070 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |