EN AC-51200 Aluminum vs. EN AC-41000 Aluminum
Both EN AC-51200 aluminum and EN AC-41000 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-51200 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN AC-41000 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 80 | |
| 57 to 97 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 67 | |
| 69 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 | |
| 4.5 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 100 | |
| 58 to 71 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 25 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 | |
| 170 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 | |
| 80 to 210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 570 | |
| 630 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 910 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 92 | |
| 170 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 22 | |
| 38 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 74 | |
| 130 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.6 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1150 | |
| 1160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.2 | |
| 6.4 to 11 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 | |
| 46 to 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
| 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 18 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 26 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 39 | |
| 69 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 | |
| 7.8 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 84.5 to 92 | |
| 95.2 to 97.6 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 1.6 to 2.4 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |