EN-MC21120 Magnesium vs. 201.0 Aluminum
EN-MC21120 magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys classification, while 201.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN-MC21120 magnesium and the bottom bar is 201.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 63 to 75 | |
| 95 to 140 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 46 | |
| 71 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 6.7 | |
| 4.4 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 84 to 96 | |
| 120 to 150 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 18 | |
| 27 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 110 to 160 | |
| 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 to 270 | |
| 370 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 to 170 | |
| 220 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 600 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 490 | |
| 570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 990 | |
| 870 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 76 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 26 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 30 to 33 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 59 | |
| 87 to 97 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 38 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.7 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 22 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 5.0 to 15 | |
| 19 to 63 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 320 | |
| 330 to 1160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 69 | |
| 45 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 43 | |
| 33 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 43 to 53 | |
| 37 to 44 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 44 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 16 | |
| 19 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 8.3 to 9.7 | |
| 92.1 to 95.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 4.0 to 5.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 88.6 to 91.3 | |
| 0.15 to 0.55 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.35 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |