EN AC-48000 Aluminum vs. EN AC-48100 Aluminum
Both EN AC-48000 aluminum and EN AC-48100 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 91% 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-48100 aluminum.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 100 to 110 | |
100 to 140 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
76 |
Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 | |
1.1 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 85 to 86 | |
120 to 130 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
0.33 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 28 | |
29 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 to 310 | |
240 to 330 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 270 | |
190 to 300 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 570 | |
640 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
170 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 600 | |
580 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 560 | |
470 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 890 | |
880 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
130 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
20 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 33 | |
27 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 110 | |
87 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
11 |
Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
2.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
7.3 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
130 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 1030 | |
940 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.2 to 3.0 | |
2.3 to 3.6 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 300 to 510 | |
250 to 580 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
15 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 53 | |
51 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 33 | |
24 to 33 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 to 39 | |
31 to 38 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 54 | |
55 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 15 | |
11 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 80.4 to 87.2 | |
72.1 to 79.8 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
4.0 to 5.0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
0 to 1.3 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
0.25 to 0.65 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0.7 to 1.3 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Silicon (Si), % | 10.5 to 13.5 | |
16 to 18 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.15 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
0 to 1.5 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.25 |