EN AC-48000 Aluminum vs. EN AC-43500 Aluminum
Both EN AC-48000 aluminum and EN AC-43500 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 95% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN AC-48000 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN AC-43500 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 100 to 110 | |
| 68 to 91 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 72 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 | |
| 4.5 to 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 85 to 86 | |
| 62 to 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 28 | |
| 27 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 to 310 | |
| 220 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 270 | |
| 140 to 170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 570 | |
| 550 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 600 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 560 | |
| 590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 890 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 140 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 22 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 33 | |
| 38 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 110 | |
| 130 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1030 | |
| 1070 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.2 to 3.0 | |
| 12 to 26 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 300 to 510 | |
| 130 to 200 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 16 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 53 | |
| 54 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 33 | |
| 24 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 to 39 | |
| 32 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 54 | |
| 60 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 15 | |
| 10 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 80.4 to 87.2 | |
| 86.4 to 90.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 0.1 to 0.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.7 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 10.5 to 13.5 | |
| 9.0 to 11.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |