AM100A-F Magnesium
Magnesium Alloys
Property Overview
Density1.7g/cm³
Elastic Modulus46GPa
Tensile Strength160MPa
Yield Strength78MPa
Brinell HardnessUnknown
Maximum Service Temperature140°C
Chemical Composition
NI
0 to 0.010%
MN
0.1 to 0.35%
SI
0 to 0.3%
CU
0 to 0.1%
AL
9.3 to 10.7%
MG
87.9 to 90.6%
RES.
Residuals res. | | 0 to 0.3%
RESIDUALS RES.
0 to 0.3%
ZN
0 to 0.3%
Mechanical
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
46 GPa
Elongation at Break
3.8 %
Fatigue Strength
48 MPa
Poisson's Ratio
0.29
Shear Modulus
18 GPa
Shear Strength
90 MPa
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
160 MPa
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
78 MPa
Physical
Density
1.7 g/cm 3
Thermal
Latent Heat of Fusion
350 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
140 °C
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
590 °C
Melting Onset (Solidus)
460 °C
Solidification (Pattern Maker's) Shrinkage
1.3 %
Specific Heat Capacity
990 J/kg-K
Thermal Conductivity
73 W/m-K
Thermal Diffusivity
43 mm 2 /s
Thermal Expansion
25 µm/m-K
Thermal Shock Resistance
9.7 points
Electrical
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
11 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
59 % IACS
Calculated
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
4.9 MJ/m 3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
66 kJ/m 3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
15 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
70 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
25 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
38 points
Environmental
Base Metal Price
12 % relative
Embodied Carbon
22 kg CO 2 /kg material
Embodied Energy
160 MJ/kg
Embodied Energy
160 MJ/kg 68 x 10 3 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
1000 L/kg
Embodied Water
1000 L/kg 120 gal/lb
Registered Designations & Aliases
AM100A-F Magnesium
Standards
ASTM B199 ASTM B199: Standard Specification for Magnesium-Alloy Permanent Mold Castings
ASTM B199 ASTM B199: Standard Specification for Magnesium-Alloy Permanent Mold Castings ASTM B403: Standard Specification for Magnesium-Alloy Investment Castings Welding and Joining of Magnesium Alloys, Liming Liu (editor), 2010 ASTM B80: Standard Specification for Magnesium-Alloy Sand Castings Essential Readings in Magnesium Technology, Suveen N. Mathaudhu et al. (editors), 2014
ASTM B403 ASTM B403: Standard Specification for Magnesium-Alloy Investment Castings
ASTM B80 ASTM B80: Standard Specification for Magnesium-Alloy Sand Castings