EN AC-46400 Aluminum vs. 336.0 Aluminum
Both EN AC-46400 aluminum and 336.0 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN AC-46400 aluminum and the bottom bar is 336.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 77 to 120 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 75 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 1.7 | |
| 0.5 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 75 to 85 | |
| 80 to 93 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 28 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 170 to 310 | |
| 250 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 to 270 | |
| 190 to 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 520 | |
| 570 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 610 | |
| 570 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 570 | |
| 540 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 890 | |
| 890 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 33 | |
| 29 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 110 | |
| 95 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1070 | |
| 1010 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 1.7 to 4.9 | |
| 1.1 to 1.6 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 82 to 500 | |
| 250 to 580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 52 | |
| 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 32 | |
| 25 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 38 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 55 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.8 to 14 | |
| 12 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 85.4 to 90.5 | |
| 79.1 to 85.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.8 to 1.3 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.25 to 0.65 | |
| 0.7 to 1.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.55 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 8.3 to 9.7 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |