A390.0 Aluminum vs. EN AC-44100 Aluminum
Both A390.0 aluminum and EN AC-44100 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is A390.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN AC-44100 aluminum.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 110 to 140 | |
59 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
72 |
Elongation at Break, % | 0.87 to 0.91 | |
4.9 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 70 to 100 | |
64 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
0.33 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 28 | |
27 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 190 to 290 | |
180 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 290 | |
87 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 640 | |
570 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
170 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 580 | |
590 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 480 | |
580 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 880 | |
900 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
130 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
21 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 20 | |
34 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 67 | |
120 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
9.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
2.5 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.3 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
140 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 950 | |
1050 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 1.6 to 2.6 | |
7.1 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 to 580 | |
53 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
16 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 52 | |
55 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 30 | |
19 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 36 | |
27 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 56 | |
58 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.0 to 14 | |
8.2 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 75.3 to 79.6 | |
84.4 to 89.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
0 to 0.15 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.65 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.45 to 0.65 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.55 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Silicon (Si), % | 16 to 18 | |
10.5 to 13.5 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.15 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.15 |