EN AC-42000 Aluminum vs. EN AC-45100 Aluminum
Both EN AC-42000 aluminum and EN AC-45100 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a very high 97% 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-45100 aluminum.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 59 to 91 | |
97 to 130 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
72 |
Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 2.4 | |
1.0 to 2.8 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 67 to 76 | |
82 to 99 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
0.33 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
27 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 170 to 270 | |
300 to 360 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 95 to 230 | |
210 to 320 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 500 | |
470 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
170 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 610 | |
630 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 600 | |
550 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
890 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 160 | |
140 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
22 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 38 | |
30 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 130 | |
95 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
10 |
Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
2.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
150 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 1110 | |
1100 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.8 to 5.7 | |
3.5 to 7.6 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 64 to 370 | |
290 to 710 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 53 | |
49 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 28 | |
30 to 35 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 35 | |
35 to 39 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 66 | |
54 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.9 to 12 | |
14 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 89.9 to 93.3 | |
88 to 92.8 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
2.6 to 3.6 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
0 to 0.6 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.2 to 0.65 | |
0.15 to 0.45 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
0 to 0.55 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Silicon (Si), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
4.5 to 6.0 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.15 |