852.0 Aluminum vs. EN AC-48000 Aluminum
Both 852.0 aluminum and EN AC-48000 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 852.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN AC-48000 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 64 | |
| 100 to 110 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 73 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 | |
| 1.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 73 | |
| 85 to 86 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 28 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 | |
| 220 to 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 | |
| 210 to 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 570 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 210 | |
| 560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 840 | |
| 890 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 180 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 45 | |
| 33 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 130 | |
| 110 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.2 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1150 | |
| 1030 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 6.2 | |
| 2.2 to 3.0 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 | |
| 300 to 510 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 43 | |
| 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 23 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 31 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 65 | |
| 54 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.7 | |
| 10 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 86.6 to 91.3 | |
| 80.4 to 87.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.7 to 2.3 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.9 to 1.5 | |
| 0.7 to 1.3 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 10.5 to 13.5 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 5.5 to 7.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |