EN AC-44400 Aluminum vs. EN AC-46500 Aluminum
Both EN AC-44400 aluminum and EN AC-46500 aluminum are aluminum alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN AC-44400 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN AC-46500 aluminum.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 61 | |
91 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
74 |
Elongation at Break, % | 4.1 | |
1.0 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 79 | |
110 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
0.33 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
28 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 210 | |
270 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 | |
160 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 540 | |
520 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
180 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 600 | |
610 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 590 | |
520 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
880 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 140 | |
100 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
21 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 33 | |
26 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 110 | |
81 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
10 |
Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
2.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.8 | |
7.6 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
140 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 1080 | |
1030 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 7.3 | |
2.3 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 85 | |
170 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 54 | |
49 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
26 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
32 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 60 | |
41 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 | |
12 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 87.1 to 92 | |
77.9 to 90 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.15 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
2.0 to 4.0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.65 | |
0 to 1.3 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 to 0.35 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0.050 to 0.55 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.55 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 to 0.55 |
Silicon (Si), % | 8.0 to 11 | |
8.0 to 11 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 to 0.15 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
0 to 3.0 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.25 |