EN 573-3 Grade AW-1098 H18 – Food‑Safe Aluminum with Superior Mechanical Properties

Food safe aluminum.

Properties

General

Property	Temperature	Value	Condition	Related Standards	Shape
Density		2.7 g/cm³	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Strip, Sheet, Plate
	20.0 °C	2.7 g/cm³	H18	EN 573-3	Wire

Mechanical

Property	Temperature	Value	Condition	Related Standards	Shape	Comment
Elastic modulus	-270.0 °C	70.0 GPa	H18	EN 573-3	Wire
		70.0 GPa	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Strip, Sheet, Plate
	20.0 °C	70.0 GPa	H18	EN 573-3	Wire
	20.0 °C	70.0 - 72.0 GPa	H18	EN 573-3	Wire
	20.0 °C	72.0 GPa	H18	EN 573-3	Wire
	50.0 °C	69.0 GPa	H18	EN 573-3	Wire
	100.0 °C	68.0 GPa	H18	EN 573-3	Wire
	150.0 °C	66.0 GPa	H18	EN 573-3	Wire
	200.0 °C	63.0 GPa	H18	EN 573-3	Wire
	250.0 °C	57.0 GPa	H18	EN 573-3	Wire
	300.0 °C	50.0 GPa	H18	EN 573-3	Wire
Elongation		2.0 %	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Strip, Sheet, Plate
	20.0 °C	2.0 %	H18	EN 573-3	Wire	A100
Plane-Strain Fracture Toughnes		22.0 - 35.0 MPa·√m				Typical for Wrought 1000 Series Aluminium
Poisson's ratio		0.33 [-]				Typical for Wrought 1000 Series Aluminium
Shear modulus	20.0 °C	25.0 - 26.5 GPa	H18	EN 573-3	Wire
Tensile strength		115.0 MPa	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Strip, Sheet, Plate
	20.0 °C	115.0 MPa	H18	EN 573-3	Wire

Thermal

Property	Temperature	Value	Condition	Related Standards	Shape
Coefficient of thermal expansion	-50 °C	2.18e-05 1/K	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Strip, Sheet, Plate, Wire
	-50.0 °C	2.18e-05 1/K	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Strip, Sheet, Plate, Wire
	20 °C	2.18e-05 1/K	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Strip, Sheet, Plate, Wire
	20 °C	2.35e-05 1/K	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Strip, Sheet, Plate
	20 °C	2.45e-05 1/K	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Strip, Sheet, Plate, Wire
	20 °C	2.55e-05 1/K	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Strip, Sheet, Plate, Wire
	100 °C	2.35e-05 1/K	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Strip, Sheet, Plate
	100.0 °C	2.36e-05 1/K	H18	EN 573-3	Wire
	200 °C	2.45e-05 1/K	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Strip, Sheet, Plate, Wire
	200.0 °C	2.45e-05 1/K	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Strip, Sheet, Plate, Wire
	300 °C	2.55e-05 1/K	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Strip, Sheet, Plate, Wire
	300.0 °C	2.55e-05 1/K	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Strip, Sheet, Plate, Wire
Melting point		660.0 °C	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Strip, Sheet, Plate
Specific heat capacity		900.0 J/(kg·K)	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Strip, Sheet, Plate
	20.0 °C	900.0 J/(kg·K)	H18	EN 573-3	Wire
Thermal conductivity		232 W/(m·K)	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Strip, Sheet, Plate
	20.0 °C	215.0 - 227.0 W/(m·K)	H18	EN 573-3	Wire

Electrical

Property	Temperature	Value	Condition	Related Standards	Shape
Electrical conductivity		37500000.0 - 37700000.0 S/m	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Strip, Sheet, Plate
	20.0 °C	37600000.0 - 37800000.0 S/m	H18	EN 573-3	Wire
Electrical resistivity		2.65e-08 - 2.67e-08 Ω·m	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Strip, Sheet, Plate

Chemical properties

Property	Value	Condition	Related Standards	Shape
Aluminium	99.98 %	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Wire, Strip, Sheet, Plate
Copper	0.003 %	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Wire, Strip, Sheet, Plate
Iron	0.006 %	H18	EN 573-3	Wire
	0.006 %	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Strip, Sheet, Plate
Silicon	0.01 %	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Wire, Strip, Sheet, Plate
Titanium	0.003 %	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Wire, Strip, Sheet, Plate
Zinc	0.015 %	H18	EN 573-3, EN 1301	Wire, Strip, Sheet, Plate

Technological properties

Property
Brazing	hard brazing (with flux/ without flux): very good / very good, friction soldering: very good, soft brazing with flux: very good, general: very good
Corrosion properties	Seawater: acceptable, weathering: good
Workability	Bending / Spinning (cold): very good

Property

Brazing

hard brazing (with flux/ without flux): very good / very good, friction soldering: very good, soft brazing with flux: very good, general: very good

Corrosion properties

Seawater: acceptable, weathering: good

Workability

Bending / Spinning (cold): very good

Metal