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EN AC-48100 Aluminum vs. AWS E209

EN AC-48100 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AWS E209 belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 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-48100 aluminum and the bottom bar is AWS E209.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 76
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.1
17
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 29
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 240 to 330
770

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 640
300
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 580
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 470
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 20
14

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
21
Density, g/cm3 2.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.3
4.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
63
Embodied Water, L/kg 940
180

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 33
28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 31 to 38
24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 16
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 72.1 to 79.8
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0
20.5 to 24
Copper (Cu), % 4.0 to 5.0
0 to 0.75
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.3
51.5 to 64.3
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.25 to 0.65
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
4.0 to 7.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
9.5 to 12
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 16 to 18
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.15
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 1.5
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.25
0