EN AC-46000 Aluminum vs. EN AC-48000 Aluminum
Both EN AC-46000 aluminum and EN AC-48000 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN AC-46000 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN AC-48000 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 91 | |
| 100 to 110 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 | |
| 1.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 110 | |
| 85 to 86 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 28 | |
| 28 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 | |
| 220 to 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 | |
| 210 to 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 530 | |
| 570 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 620 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 530 | |
| 560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 880 | |
| 890 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 100 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 | |
| 33 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 82 | |
| 110 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1040 | |
| 1030 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.3 | |
| 2.2 to 3.0 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 300 to 510 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 49 | |
| 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 23 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 31 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 42 | |
| 54 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
| 10 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 79.7 to 90 | |
| 80.4 to 87.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.050 to 0.55 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
| 0.7 to 1.3 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 8.0 to 11 | |
| 10.5 to 13.5 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |