EN AC-42000 Aluminum vs. EN AC-44200 Aluminum
Both EN AC-42000 aluminum and EN AC-44200 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN AC-42000 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN AC-44200 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 59 to 91 | |
| 60 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 72 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 2.4 | |
| 6.2 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 67 to 76 | |
| 63 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 27 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 170 to 270 | |
| 180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 95 to 230 | |
| 86 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 500 | |
| 570 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 610 | |
| 590 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 600 | |
| 580 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 910 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 160 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 38 | |
| 35 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 130 | |
| 130 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1110 | |
| 1050 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.8 to 5.7 | |
| 9.1 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 64 to 370 | |
| 51 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 16 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 53 | |
| 55 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 28 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 35 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 66 | |
| 59 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.9 to 12 | |
| 8.4 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 89.9 to 93.3 | |
| 85.2 to 89.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
| 0 to 0.55 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.2 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
| 10.5 to 13.5 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |