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EN AC-42100 Aluminum vs. EN AC-41000 Aluminum

Both EN AC-42100 aluminum and EN AC-41000 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-42100 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN AC-41000 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 91
57 to 97
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
69
Elongation at Break, % 3.4 to 9.0
4.5
Fatigue Strength, MPa 76 to 82
58 to 71
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 280 to 290
170 to 280
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210 to 230
80 to 210

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 500
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 610
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 600
630
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 910
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 150
170
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 41
38
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 140
130

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
9.5
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
1160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 9.1 to 23
6.4 to 11
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 300 to 370
46 to 300
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 53
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30 to 31
18 to 29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 37 to 38
26 to 35
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 66
69
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
7.8 to 13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 91.3 to 93.3
95.2 to 97.6
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.19
0 to 0.6
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.25 to 0.45
0.45 to 0.65
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0.3 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 6.5 to 7.5
1.6 to 2.4
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.050
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0.050 to 0.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15

Comparable Variants