A390.0 Aluminum vs. EN AC-46400 Aluminum
Both A390.0 aluminum and EN AC-46400 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have 89% 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-46400 aluminum.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 110 to 140 | |
77 to 120 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
72 |
Elongation at Break, % | 0.87 to 0.91 | |
1.1 to 1.7 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 70 to 100 | |
75 to 85 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
0.33 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 28 | |
27 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 190 to 290 | |
170 to 310 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 290 | |
110 to 270 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 640 | |
520 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
170 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 580 | |
610 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 480 | |
570 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 880 | |
890 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
130 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
22 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 20 | |
33 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 67 | |
110 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
9.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
2.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.3 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
150 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 950 | |
1070 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 1.6 to 2.6 | |
1.7 to 4.9 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 to 580 | |
82 to 500 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
15 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 52 | |
52 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 30 | |
18 to 32 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 36 | |
26 to 38 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 56 | |
55 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.0 to 14 | |
7.8 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 75.3 to 79.6 | |
85.4 to 90.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
0.8 to 1.3 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.8 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.45 to 0.65 | |
0.25 to 0.65 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0.15 to 0.55 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Silicon (Si), % | 16 to 18 | |
8.3 to 9.7 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.8 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.25 |