EN AC-45000 Aluminum vs. EN AC-51500 Aluminum
Both EN AC-45000 aluminum and EN AC-51500 aluminum are aluminum alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN AC-45000 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN AC-51500 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 77 | |
| 80 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 | |
| 5.6 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 75 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 180 | |
| 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 | |
| 160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 470 | |
| 430 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 630 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 520 | |
| 590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 870 | |
| 910 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 27 | |
| 26 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 81 | |
| 88 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.0 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.7 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1070 | |
| 1150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 1.7 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 80 | |
| 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 47 | |
| 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 47 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.0 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 82.2 to 91.8 | |
| 89.8 to 93.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
| 4.7 to 6.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.65 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.6 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |