8011A Aluminum vs. EN AC-51200 Aluminum
Both 8011A aluminum and EN AC-51200 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 8011A aluminum and the bottom bar is EN AC-51200 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 25 to 50 | |
| 80 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 67 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.7 to 28 | |
| 1.1 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 33 to 76 | |
| 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 25 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 100 to 180 | |
| 220 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 34 to 170 | |
| 150 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 630 | |
| 570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 910 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 210 | |
| 92 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 56 | |
| 22 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 180 | |
| 74 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 9.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1180 | |
| 1150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 3.0 to 22 | |
| 2.2 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 8.2 to 200 | |
| 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 26 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 86 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 4.6 to 8.1 | |
| 10 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 97.5 to 99.1 | |
| 84.5 to 92 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.55 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |