EN AC-45100 Aluminum vs. 7075 Aluminum
Both EN AC-45100 aluminum and 7075 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN AC-45100 aluminum and the bottom bar is 7075 aluminum.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
70 |
Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 2.8 | |
1.8 to 12 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 82 to 99 | |
110 to 190 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
0.32 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
26 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 300 to 360 | |
240 to 590 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 320 | |
120 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 470 | |
380 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
200 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 630 | |
640 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 550 | |
480 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 890 | |
870 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 140 | |
130 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
23 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 30 | |
33 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 95 | |
98 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
10 |
Density, g/cm3 | 2.8 | |
3.0 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
8.3 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
150 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 1100 | |
1120 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 3.5 to 7.6 | |
7.8 to 44 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 to 710 | |
110 to 1870 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 49 | |
46 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 to 35 | |
22 to 54 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 to 39 | |
28 to 52 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 54 | |
50 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
10 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 88 to 92.8 | |
86.9 to 91.4 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
0.18 to 0.28 |
Copper (Cu), % | 2.6 to 3.6 | |
1.2 to 2.0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
2.1 to 2.9 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 4.5 to 6.0 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
5.1 to 6.1 |
Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.15 |