EN AC-46200 Aluminum vs. 5083 Aluminum
Both EN AC-46200 aluminum and 5083 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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-46200 aluminum and the bottom bar is 5083 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 82 | |
| 75 to 110 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 | |
| 1.1 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 87 | |
| 93 to 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 210 | |
| 290 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 | |
| 110 to 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 510 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 620 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 540 | |
| 580 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 880 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 28 | |
| 29 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 88 | |
| 96 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.7 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1060 | |
| 1170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.0 | |
| 4.2 to 42 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 95 to 860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 29 to 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 | |
| 36 to 44 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 44 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.5 | |
| 12 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 82.6 to 90.3 | |
| 92.4 to 95.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.050 to 0.55 | |
| 4.0 to 4.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.65 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |