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EN AC-48100 Aluminum vs. R30556 Alloy

EN AC-48100 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while R30556 alloy belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 R30556 alloy.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 76
210
Elongation at Break, % 1.1
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120 to 130
320
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 29
81
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 240 to 330
780
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 300
350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 640
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 580
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 470
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
450
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
11
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 20
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 27
1.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 87
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
70
Density, g/cm3 2.8
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.3
8.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
130
Embodied Water, L/kg 940
300

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 2.3 to 3.6
290
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250 to 580
290
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 33
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 31 to 38
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 55
2.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 16
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 72.1 to 79.8
0.1 to 0.5
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.020
Carbon (C), % 0
0.050 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0
21 to 23
Cobalt (Co), % 0
16 to 21
Copper (Cu), % 4.0 to 5.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.3
20.4 to 38.2
Lanthanum (La), % 0
0.0050 to 0.1
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.25 to 0.65
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.5 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
19 to 22.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 16 to 18
0.2 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Tantalum (Ta), % 0
0.3 to 1.3
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.15
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
2.0 to 3.5
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 1.5
0.0010 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0 to 0.25
0