Die Cast Metal Properties

Mechanical Properties

Compare	Material	Alloy	Tensile Strength	Elongation	Hardness	Impact Strength	Young's Modulus	Yield Strength (0.2%)	Fatigue Strength	Creep Limit	Process
			MPa	% in 50mm	Brinell (HB)	J	Gpa	MPa	Mpa	Mpa
	Aluminium	44300	240	1	60	-	70	130	90	-	Cold Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminium	46000	240	1	80	-	70	140	90	-	Cold Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminium	47100	240	1	70	-	70	140	90	-	Cold Chamber Die Casting
	Magnesium	AZ91D	230	3	63	3	-	160	-	-	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc	ZP2	335	5	102	59	85	270	60	130	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc	ZP3	280	10	83	57	85	200	48	80	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc	ZP5	330	5	92	58	85	250	56	100	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Plastic**	PA6**	42.5	23	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Carbon Steel**	12L14**	540	10	-	-	-	415	-	-
	Brass**	C38500**	530	25	143	17	-	228	-	-
	Brass**	Free Cutting C36000**	450	25	-	-	-	207	-	-

Physical Properties

Compare	Material	Alloy	Density	Melting Point (Average +/- 50)	Coefficient of Thermal Expansion	Thermal Conductivity	Electrical Conductivity	Process
			g/cm³	°C	µm/m°K	W / m K	% IACS
	Aluminium	44300	2.65	570	20	160	22	Cold Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminium	46000	2.75	600	21	120	17	Cold Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminium	47100	2.65	570	20	150	20	Cold Chamber Die Casting
	Magnesium	AZ91D	1.81	533	25.2	72	12.2	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc	ZP2	6.8	389	27	119	15	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc	ZP3	6.7	382	48	113	15	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc	ZP5	6.7	388	27	110	15	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Plastic**	PA6**	.25	-	-	-	-
	Carbon Steel**	12L14**	7.87	-	11.5	51.9	-
	Brass**	C38500**	8.40	880	26.0	113	26.0
	Brass**	Free Cutting C36000**	8.49	888	20.4	115	-

Composition

	Aluminium
%	44300	46000	47100
Aluminum	Remainder	Remainder	Remainder
Copper	0.1	2.0-4.0	0.7-1.2
Magnesium		0.05-0.55	0.35
Iron (max)	1.0	1.3	1.3
Lead (max)		0.35	0.2
Cadmium (max)
Tin (max)		0.15	0.1
Nickel (max)		0.55	0.3
Zinc	0.15	1.2	0.55
Manganese	0.55	0.55	0.55
Silicon	10.5-13.5	8.0-11.0	10.5-13.5
Other-Metallic	0.25	0.25	0.25
Titanium	0.15	0.25	0.2
Chromium		0.15	0.1
RoHS Compliant	✓	✓	✓

	Magnesium
%	AZ91D
Aluminum	9.0
Copper
Magnesium	Remainder
Iron (max)
Lead (max)
Cadmium (max)
Tin (max)
Nickel (max)
Zinc	0.7
Manganese	0.3
Silicon
Other-Metallic
Titanium	-
Chromium	-
RoHS Compliant	✓

	Zinc
%	ZP2	ZP3	ZP5
Aluminum	3.7-4.3	3.7 - 4.3	3.7-4.3
Copper	2.7-3.3	0.1	0.7-1.2
Magnesium	0.025-0.06	0.025-0.06	0.025-0.06
Iron (max)	0.05	0.05	0.05
Lead (max)	0.005	0.005	0.005
Cadmium (max)	0.005	0.005	0.005
Tin (max)	0.002	0.002	0.002
Nickel (max)	0.02	0.02	0.02
Zinc	Remainder	Bal.	Remainder
Manganese
Silicon	0.03	0.03	0.03
Other-Metallic
Titanium	-	-	-
Chromium	-	-	-
RoHS Compliant	✓	✓	✓

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