EN AC-42100 Aluminum vs. 8011A Aluminum
Both EN AC-42100 aluminum and 8011A aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN AC-42100 aluminum and the bottom bar is 8011A aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 91 | |
25 to 50 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
69 |
Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 9.0 | |
1.7 to 28 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 76 to 82 | |
33 to 76 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
0.33 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
26 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 to 290 | |
100 to 180 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 230 | |
34 to 170 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 500 | |
400 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
170 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 610 | |
650 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 600 | |
630 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 910 | |
900 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 150 | |
210 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
23 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 41 | |
56 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 140 | |
180 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
9.0 |
Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
2.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
8.2 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
150 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 1110 | |
1180 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 9.1 to 23 | |
3.0 to 22 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 300 to 370 | |
8.2 to 200 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 53 | |
50 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 to 31 | |
11 to 18 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 37 to 38 | |
18 to 26 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 66 | |
86 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
4.6 to 8.1 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 91.3 to 93.3 | |
97.5 to 99.1 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.19 | |
0.5 to 1.0 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.25 to 0.45 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Silicon (Si), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
0.4 to 0.8 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.15 |