1200 aluminium alloy

1200 Aluminium alloy has aluminium as the major element, and has silicon, zinc, copper, titanium and manganese as minor elements.[1]

Chemical Composition

Element[1] Weight Percentage (%)
Aluminum ≥ 99
Silicon + Iron ≤ 1
Zinc ≤ 0.10
Copper ≤ 0.050
Titanium ≤ 0.050
Manganese ≤ 0.050
Other (each) ≤ 0.050
Other (total) ≤ 0.15

Mechanical Properties

Property[2] Value
Young's modulus 69 GPa
Elongation at break 5.1%
Fatigue strength 49 MPa
U.T.S. 130 MPa
Yield strength 100 MPa
Latent Heat of Fusion 400 J/g
Specific Heat Capacity 900 J/kg-K
Thermal Conductivity 230 W/m-K

Applications

Applications of 1200 Aluminium alloy are listed below: [1]

  1. Construction and roofing
  2. Holloware
  3. Equipment and containers for food and chemical industries
  4. Ship building
  5. Fin-stocks
  6. Bottle caps
  7. Automobiles
  8. Furniture and lighting
  9. Sounding boards
  10. Conductive materials

References

  1. ^ a b c "1200 aluminium alloy". 3 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-10-27.
  2. ^ "1200 Aluminium properties". Archived from the original on 2016-11-07.

Aluminum alloy table