EN AC-48100 Aluminum vs. 204.0 Aluminum
Both EN AC-48100 aluminum and 204.0 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have 81% 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-48100 aluminum and the bottom bar is 204.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 100 to 140 | |
| 90 to 120 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 71 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 | |
| 5.7 to 7.8 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 to 130 | |
| 63 to 77 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 29 | |
| 27 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 240 to 330 | |
| 230 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 300 | |
| 180 to 220 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 640 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 580 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 470 | |
| 580 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 880 | |
| 880 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 27 | |
| 29 to 34 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 87 | |
| 87 to 100 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.8 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.3 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 940 | |
| 1150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.3 to 3.6 | |
| 12 to 23 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 to 580 | |
| 220 to 350 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
| 46 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 33 | |
| 21 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 to 38 | |
| 28 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 55 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 16 | |
| 12 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 72.1 to 79.8 | |
| 93.4 to 95.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 4.2 to 5.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.25 to 0.65 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |