DIE CAST METAL PROPERTIES

Mechanical Properties

Imperial US/UK | Metric

Compare	Material	Alloy	Elongation	Tensile Strength	Yield Strength (0.2%)	Impact Strength	Shear Strength	Hardness	Process
			% in 50mm % in 50mm	MPa PSI x 10³	MPa PSI x 10³	J ft lb	MPa PSI x 10³	Brinell (HB) Brinell (HB)
	Aluminum Die Casting Metals	Aluminum Alloy A380	3.5 3.5	324 47	160 23	4 3	190 27	80 80	Cold Chamber Die Casting
	Magnesium Casting Metals	AZ91D	3 3	230 34	160 23	3 2	140 20	63 63	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminum Die Casting Metals	Aluminum Alloy 383 (ADC12)	3.5 3.5	310 45	150 22	4 3	- -	75 75	Cold Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminum Die Casting Metals	B390	1 1	317 46	250 36	- -	- -	120 120	Cold Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminum Die Casting Metals	A413	3.5 3.5	290 42	130 19	- -	170 25	80 80	Cold Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc Casting Metals	Zamak 2	7 7	359 52	283 41	47 35	317 46	100 100	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminum Die Casting Metals	413	2.5 2.5	295 43	145 21	- -	170 25	80 80	Cold Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminum Die Casting Metals	K-Alloy	5 5	295 43	172 25	- -	- -	80 80	Cold Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc Casting Metals	Zamak 3	10 10	283 41	221 32	58 43	214 31	82 82	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminum Die Casting Metals	A360	3.5 3.5	317 46	170 24	- -	180 26	75 75	Cold Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc Casting Metals	Zamak 5	7 7	328 48	228 33	65 48	262 38	91 91	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc Casting Metals	Zamak 7	13 13	283 41	221 32	58 43	214 31	80 80	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc Casting Metals	ZA 8	10 10	374 54	290 42	42 31	275 40	103 103	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc Casting Metals	ACuZinc5	5 5	407 59	338 49	- -	- -	115 115	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc Casting Metals	EZAC	6.7 6.7	414 60	393 57	- -	- -	- -	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc Casting Metals	ZA 27 - Zinc Aluminum	3 3	425 61	376 55	12.8 9.4	325 47	119 119	Cold Chamber Die Casting

Physical Properties

Imperial US/UK | Metric

Compare	Material	Alloy	Density	Melting Point (Average +/- 50)	Thermal Conductivity	Coefficient of Thermal Expansion	Electrical Conductivity	Process
			g/cm³ lb/in³	°C °F	W / m K BTU/h∙ft∙°F	µm/m°K µin/in°F	% IACS %IACS
	Aluminum Die Casting Metals	Aluminum Alloy A380	2.71 0.098	566 1050	96 55.6	21.8 12.1	23.0 23.0	Cold Chamber Die Casting
	Magnesium Casting Metals	AZ91D	1.81 0.066	533 990	72 41.8	25.2 14.0	12.2 12.2	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminum Die Casting Metals	Aluminum Alloy 383 (ADC12)	2.74 0.099	549 1020	96 55.6	21.1 11.7	23.0 23.0	Cold Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminum Die Casting Metals	B390	2.71 0.098	580 1075	134 77.4	18.0 10.0	27.0 27.0	Cold Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminum Die Casting Metals	A413	2.66 0.096	578 1073	121 70.1	21.6 11.9	31.0 31.0	Cold Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc Casting Metals	Zamak 2	6.60 0.240	385 725	105 60.5	27.7 15.4	25.0 25.0	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminum Die Casting Metals	413	2.66 0.096	578 1072	113 65.3	20.4 11.3	31.0 31.0	Cold Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminum Die Casting Metals	K-Alloy	2.63 0.095	680 1213	113 65.3	- -	32.0 32.0	Cold Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc Casting Metals	Zamak 3	6.60 0.240	384 723	113 65.3	27.4 15.2	27.0 27.0	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Aluminum Die Casting Metals	A360	2.63 0.095	577 1070	113 65.3	21.0 11.6	29.0 29.0	Cold Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc Casting Metals	Zamak 5	6.60 0.240	383 722	109 62.9	27.4 15.2	26.0 26.0	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc Casting Metals	Zamak 7	6.60 0.240	384 723	113 65.3	27.4 15.2	27.0 27.0	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc Casting Metals	ZA 8	6.30 0.227	390 733	115 66.3	23.3 12.9	27.7 27.7	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc Casting Metals	ACuZinc5	6.85 0.247	452 846	106 61.2	24.1 13.3	26.9 26.9	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc Casting Metals	EZAC	6.49 0.234	396 745	- -	- -	- -	Hot Chamber Die Casting
	Zinc Casting Metals	ZA 27 - Zinc Aluminum	5.00 0.181	431 806	123 72.5	26.0 14.4	29.7 29.7	Cold Chamber Die Casting

Composition

	Aluminum Die Casting Metals
%
Aluminum	Bal.	Bal.	Bal.	Bal.	Bal.	Bal.	Bal.
Copper	3.0-4.0	2.0-3.0	4.0-5.0	1.0	1.0	0.05 - 0.08	0.6
Magnesium	0.1	0.1	0.45-0.65	0.1	2.0	0.35 - 0.50	0.4-0.6
Iron (max)	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	2.0	0.8 - 1.0	1.3
Lead (max)
Cadmium (max)
Tin (max)	0.35	0.15		0.15	0.15	0.03	0.15
Nickel (max)	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.03	0.5
Zinc	3.0	3.0	1.5		0.5	0.20	0.5
Manganese	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.35	0.35	0.50 - 0.60	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 - 11.5	9.0-10.0
Other-Metallic	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.25	0.25		0.25
RoHS Compliant	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

	Magnesium Casting Metals
%
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 Casting Metals
%
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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