5154A Aluminum vs. EN AC-46100 Aluminum
Both 5154A aluminum and EN AC-46100 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have 86% 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 5154A aluminum and the bottom bar is EN AC-46100 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 58 to 100 | |
| 91 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 | |
| 73 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 19 | |
| 1.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 83 to 160 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 28 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 230 to 370 | |
| 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 96 to 320 | |
| 160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 550 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 600 | |
| 540 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 890 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 32 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 110 | |
| 90 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1180 | |
| 1030 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 4.0 to 36 | |
| 2.3 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 68 to 760 | |
| 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
| 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 38 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 to 43 | |
| 34 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 53 | |
| 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 16 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 93.7 to 96.9 | |
| 80.4 to 88.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 3.1 to 3.9 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.55 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.45 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 10 to 12 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 1.7 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |