AA 1100 H12 Aluminum: Premium Grade with Superior Corrosion Resistance

AA 1100 is a soft, non-heat-treatable and low strength alloy that offers strong corrosion resistance. Composed of 99% aluminum and 0.12% copper, AA 1100 is purest grade of aluminum alloy available commercially.

Properties

General

Property	Value	Condition	Related Standards
Density	2.71 g/cm³	H12	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547

Mechanical

Property	Value	Condition	Related Standards	Comment
Bending Fatigue Strength	40.0 MPa	H12	AA Standards
Elastic modulus	69.0 GPa	H12	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547
Hardness, Brinell	28.0 [-]	H12	AA Standards
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	25.9 GPa			Typical for Wrought 1000 Series Aluminium
Tensile strength	95.0 - 130.0 MPa	H12	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B313, ASTM B547
	95.0 MPa	H12	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B483
	110.0 MPa	H12	AA Standards

Thermal

Property	Temperature	Value	Condition	Related Standards	Comment
Coefficient of thermal expansion	20 °C	2.36e-05 1/K	H12	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547
	100 °C	2.36e-05 1/K	H12	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547
Melting point		640.0 - 655.0 °C	H12	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547
Specific heat capacity		900.0 - 963.0 J/(kg·K)			Typical for Wrought 1000 Series Aluminium
Thermal conductivity		218.0 - 222.0 W/(m·K)	H12	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547

Electrical

Property	Value	Condition	Related Standards
Electrical conductivity	33000000.0 - 34000000.0 S/m	H12	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547
Electrical resistivity	2.94e-08 - 3.03e-08 Ω·m	H12	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547

Chemical properties

Property	Value	Condition	Related Standards
Aluminium	99.0 %	H12	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547
Copper	0.05 - 0.2 %	H12	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547
Manganese	0.05 %	H12	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547
Zinc	0.1 %	H12	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547

Technological properties

Property
Brazing	general: possible with commercial processes and methods
Corrosion properties	Stress corrosion cracking: no damage during operation and laboratory tests, general: very good, without protection in industrial or seawater atmosphere
General machinability	General: not suitable (O, H12), poor (H14, H16, H18)
Workability	general (condition): good (O, H12, H14), acceptable (H16), poor(H18)

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