EN AC-47100 Aluminum vs. K93050 Alloy
EN AC-47100 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while K93050 alloy belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN AC-47100 aluminum and the bottom bar is K93050 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 | |
| 500 to 680 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 570 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 590 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 560 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 890 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.6 | |
| 4.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 65 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1030 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 53 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
| 16 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 81.4 to 88.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 61.4 to 63.9 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 36 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 10.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |