DIE CAST METAL PROPERTIES

Mechanical Properties

Compare	Material	Alloy	Tensile Strength	Yield Strength	Impact Strength	Shear Strength	Hardness	Elongation	Process
			MPa	MPa	J	MPa	Brinell (HB)	% in 50mm
	Aluminium	A380	324	160	4	190	80	3.5	Cold-Chamber Die Casting
	Magnesium	AZ91D	230	160	3	140	63	3	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminium	383	310	150	4	-	75	3.5	Cold-Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminium	B390	317	250	-	-	120	1	Cold-Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminium	A413	290	130	-	170	80	3.5	Cold-Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc	Zamak 2	359	283	47	317	100	7	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminium	413	295	145	-	170	80	2.5	Cold-Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminium	K-Alloy	295	172	-	-	80	5	Cold-Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc	Zamak 3	283	221	58	214	82	10	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminium	A360	317	170	-	180	75	3.5	Cold-Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc	Zamak 5	328	228	65	262	91	7	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc	Zamak 7	283	221	58	214	80	13	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc	ZA 8	374	290	42	275	103	10	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc	ACuZinc5	407	338	-	-	115	5	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc	EZAC	414	393	-	-	-	6.7	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc	ZA 27	425	376	12.8	325	119	3	Cold-Chamber Die Casting

Physical Properties

Compare	Material	Alloy	Density	Melting Point	Thermal Conductivity	Coefficient of Thermal Expansion	Electrical Conductivity	Process
			g/cm³	°C	W / m K	µm/m°K	% IACS
	Aluminium	A380	2.71	566	96	21.8	23.0	Cold-Chamber Die Casting
	Magnesium	AZ91D	1.81	533	72	25.2	12.2	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminium	383	2.74	549	96	21.1	23.0	Cold-Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminium	B390	2.71	580	134	18.0	27.0	Cold-Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminium	A413	2.66	578	121	21.6	31.0	Cold-Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc	Zamak 2	6.60	385	105	27.7	25.0	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminium	413	2.66	578	113	20.4	31.0	Cold-Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminium	K-Alloy	2.63	680	113	-	32.0	Cold-Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc	Zamak 3	6.60	384	113	27.4	27.0	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminium	A360	2.63	577	113	21.0	29.0	Cold-Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc	Zamak 5	6.60	383	109	27.4	26.0	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc	Zamak 7	6.60	384	113	27.4	27.0	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc	ZA 8	6.30	390	115	23.3	27.7	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc	ACuZinc5	6.85	452	106	24.1	26.9	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc	EZAC	6.49	396	-	-	-	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc	ZA 27	5.00	431	123	26.0	29.7	Cold-Chamber Die Casting

Composition

	Aluminium
%
Aluminum	Bal.	Bal.	Bal.	Bal.	Bal.		Bal.
Copper	3.0-4.0	2.0-3.0	4.0-5.0	1.0	1.0		0.6
Magnesium	0.1	0.1	0.45-0.65	0.1	2.0		0.4-0.6
Iron (max)	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	2.0		1.3
Lead (max)
Cadmium (max)
Tin (max)	0.35	0.15		0.15	0.15		0.15
Nickel (max)	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.5		0.5
Zinc	3.0	3.0	1.5				0.5
Manganese	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.35	0.35		0.35
Silicon	7.5-9.5	9.5-11.5	16.0-18.0	11.0-13.0	11.0-13.0		9.0-10.0
Other-Metallic	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.25	0.25		0.25
RoHS Compliant	✓	✓

	Magnesium
%
Aluminum	8.3-9.7
Copper	0.03 max
Magnesium	Bal.
Iron (max)	0.005
Lead (max)
Cadmium (max)
Tin (max)
Nickel (max)	0.002
Zinc	0.35-1.0
Manganese	0.15-0.5
Silicon	0.1 max
Other-Metallic	0.02
RoHS Compliant	✓

	Zinc
%
Aluminum	3.5-4.3	3.5-4.3	3.5-4.3	3.5-4.3	8.0-8.8	2.8-3.3		25.0-28.0
Copper	2.5-3.0	0.25	0.75-1.25	0.25	0.8-1.3	5.0-6.0		2.0-2.5
Magnesium	0.02-0.05	0.02-0.05	0.03-0.08	0.005-0.02	0.015-0.03	0.025-0.05		0.01-0.02
Iron (max)	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.075	0.075	0.075		0.075
Lead (max)	0.005	0.005	0.005	0.003	0.006	0.005		0.006
Cadmium (max)	0.004	0.004	0.004	0.002	0.006	0.004		0.006
Tin (max)	0.003	0.003	0.003	0.001	0.003	0.003		0.003
Nickel (max)
Zinc	Bal.	Bal.	Bal.	Bal.	Bal.	Bal.		Bal.
Manganese
Silicon
Other-Metallic
RoHS Compliant	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓

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