EN AC-51500 Aluminum vs. 444.0 Aluminum
Both EN AC-51500 aluminum and 444.0 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN AC-51500 aluminum and the bottom bar is 444.0 aluminum.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 80 | |
50 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 | |
71 |
Elongation at Break, % | 5.6 | |
25 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 | |
51 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
0.33 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
27 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 | |
190 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 | |
83 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 430 | |
500 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
170 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 630 | |
610 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 590 | |
600 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 910 | |
900 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
160 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
22 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 | |
40 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 88 | |
140 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
9.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
2.6 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.0 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
150 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 1150 | |
1110 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 | |
39 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 | |
49 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
15 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 52 | |
53 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 | |
20 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 36 | |
28 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 49 | |
67 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
8.8 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 89.8 to 93.1 | |
90.5 to 93.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.6 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 4.7 to 6.0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
0 to 0.35 |
Silicon (Si), % | 1.8 to 2.6 | |
6.5 to 7.5 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
0 to 0.35 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.15 |