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  "spore": "profile",
  "id": "aluminium-8011",
  "spore_version": "0.2",
  "family": "aluminium-alloys",
  "name": "Aluminium alloy 8011",
  "abbreviation": "AA8011",
  "role": "foil and fin alloy",
  "category": "metals",
  "type": "aluminium",
  "summary": "Aluminium alloy 8011 (UNS A98011) is a wrought Al-Fe-Si alloy of about 98.7 % aluminium with 0.5 to 0.9 % silicon and 0.6 to 1.0 % iron in the foil specification. It is sold as foil for packaging, container and blister uses, and it is used for heat-exchanger fins. A reseller sheet for the European equivalent EN AW-8011A gives 2.71 g/cm3 density, 70 GPa modulus, 180 to 195 MPa tensile strength and 210 to 220 W/(m·K) thermal conductivity for H19 foil at 20 °C. No yield strength and no space flight data were found in the sources read.\n",
  "best_for": "Thin, light foil and fin stock: 2.71 g/cm3 density with 210 to 220 W/(m·K) thermal conductivity in H19 foil at 20 °C",
  "weakest_at": "Yield strength and corrosion data are missing from this profile, and no spacecraft use was found in any source read",
  "identity": {
    "formula": "Al-Fe-Si wrought alloy, nominally 98.7 % Al with 0.7 % Fe and 0.6 % Si (Wikipedia 8000-series table); foil specification limits Fe 0.60 to 1.00 % and Si 0.50 to 0.90 % (yieh.com and Stanford Advanced Materials)",
    "designations": [
      {
        "system": "UNS",
        "code": "A98011",
        "source": "azom-8011-foil",
        "where": "Page title: Grade 8011 (UNS A98011) Foil"
      },
      {
        "system": "AA",
        "code": "8011",
        "source": "wiki-aluminium-alloy",
        "where": "8000 series table, row 8011"
      },
      {
        "system": "EN name",
        "code": "EN AW-8011A",
        "source": "yieh-aluminum-foil",
        "where": "Comparison of alloy designations, 8000 Series row: European standard EN AW-8011A (the page treats it as the European name for 8011)"
      },
      {
        "system": "EN name",
        "code": "AlFeSi",
        "note": "A; EN chemical designation",
        "source": "totalmateria-en-aw-8011a",
        "where": "International equivalent materials section: EN AW-AlFeSi(A)"
      },
      {
        "system": "ASTM",
        "code": "B479",
        "note": "foil product, listed with QQA-1876",
        "source": "samaterials-8011-foil",
        "where": "Product information, Standard line: QQA-1876, ASTM B479"
      }
    ],
    "source": "wiki-aluminium-alloy",
    "where": "8000 series (other elements) table, row 8011: Al 98.7 %, Fe 0.7, Si 0.6"
  },
  "tags": {
    "environments": [],
    "stresses": [],
    "applications": [
      "thermal-control"
    ]
  },
  "properties": [
    {
      "benchmark": "density",
      "label": "Density, AW-8011A H19 foil",
      "value": 2.71,
      "bound": "exact",
      "unit": "g/cm3",
      "scope": "material",
      "conditions": {
        "grade": "EN AW-8011A (European name for 8011, per yieh.com)",
        "temper": "H19",
        "form": "foil",
        "temperature": "20 °C"
      },
      "method": "Value printed on a property sheet for EN AW-8011A that cites EN 573-3",
      "status": "ground",
      "source": "mfgrobots-8011a-h19",
      "where": "Properties, General: density 2.71 g/cm³, row H19 Foil at 20.0 °C",
      "source_detail": {
        "title": "AW-8011A H19 aluminium alloy property sheet (EN 573-3)",
        "id": "EN 573-3 AW-8011A, foil H19",
        "url": "https://www.mfgrobots.com/Article/material/metal/40588.html",
        "kind": "datasheet",
        "license": "Web page (cited, not reproduced)"
      }
    },
    {
      "benchmark": "elastic_modulus",
      "label": "Modulus of elasticity, AW-8011A H19",
      "value": 70,
      "bound": "exact",
      "unit": "GPa",
      "scope": "material",
      "conditions": {
        "grade": "EN AW-8011A",
        "temper": "H19",
        "temperature": "20 °C"
      },
      "method": "Value printed on a property sheet for EN AW-8011A that cites EN 573-3",
      "status": "ground",
      "source": "mfgrobots-8011a-h19",
      "where": "Properties, Mechanical: elastic modulus 70.0 GPa, row H19",
      "source_detail": {
        "title": "AW-8011A H19 aluminium alloy property sheet (EN 573-3)",
        "id": "EN 573-3 AW-8011A, foil H19",
        "url": "https://www.mfgrobots.com/Article/material/metal/40588.html",
        "kind": "datasheet",
        "license": "Web page (cited, not reproduced)"
      }
    },
    {
      "benchmark": "elastic_modulus",
      "label": "Modulus of elasticity, EN AW-8011A, cross-check range",
      "value": 69,
      "value_high": 79,
      "bound": "range",
      "unit": "GPa",
      "scope": "material",
      "conditions": {
        "grade": "EN AW-8011A",
        "temper": "not stated on page",
        "temperature": "0 to 30 °C band (page tabs; band of the value not identified)"
      },
      "method": "Range printed on a materials database page for EN AW-8011A; tempers are not identified on the page",
      "status": "ground",
      "source": "totalmateria-en-aw-8011a",
      "where": "Physical Properties, Modulus of Elasticity: 69 to 79 GPa",
      "source_detail": {
        "title": "Totalmateria: EN AW-8011A (DIN EN AW-8011A) material properties",
        "id": "EN AW-8011A, EN 573-3:2026",
        "url": "https://www.totalmateria.com/en-us/material/3224463",
        "kind": "database",
        "license": "Database page (cited, not reproduced)"
      }
    },
    {
      "benchmark": "ultimate_tensile_strength",
      "label": "Tensile strength, AW-8011A H19 foil at 20 °C",
      "value": 180,
      "value_high": 195,
      "bound": "range",
      "unit": "MPa",
      "scope": "material",
      "conditions": {
        "grade": "EN AW-8011A",
        "temper": "H19",
        "form": "foil",
        "temperature": "20 °C"
      },
      "method": "Two rows printed on a property sheet for EN AW-8011A that cites EN 573-3; the page does not say what separates the two rows",
      "status": "ground",
      "note": "The sheet also lists 180.0 MPa for H19 strip, sheet and plate at 20 °C. Yield strength for this temper is not printed on the sheet.",
      "source": "mfgrobots-8011a-h19",
      "where": "Properties, Mechanical: tensile strength 180.0 MPa (H19 Foil, 20.0 °C) and 195.0 MPa (H19 Foil, 20.0 °C)",
      "source_detail": {
        "title": "AW-8011A H19 aluminium alloy property sheet (EN 573-3)",
        "id": "EN 573-3 AW-8011A, foil H19",
        "url": "https://www.mfgrobots.com/Article/material/metal/40588.html",
        "kind": "datasheet",
        "license": "Web page (cited, not reproduced)"
      }
    },
    {
      "benchmark": "elongation",
      "label": "Elongation A, EN AW-8011A, lower limit",
      "value": 1,
      "bound": "lower",
      "unit": "%",
      "scope": "material",
      "conditions": {
        "grade": "EN AW-8011A",
        "temper": "not stated on page",
        "temperature": "0 to 30 °C band"
      },
      "method": "Minimum printed on a materials database page for EN AW-8011A; tempers are not identified on the page",
      "status": "ground",
      "source": "totalmateria-en-aw-8011a",
      "where": "Mechanical Properties, Elongation A: 1 % or more (page prints >= 1)",
      "source_detail": {
        "title": "Totalmateria: EN AW-8011A (DIN EN AW-8011A) material properties",
        "id": "EN AW-8011A, EN 573-3:2026",
        "url": "https://www.totalmateria.com/en-us/material/3224463",
        "kind": "database",
        "license": "Database page (cited, not reproduced)"
      }
    },
    {
      "benchmark": "thermal_conductivity",
      "label": "Thermal conductivity, AW-8011A H19 at 20 °C",
      "value": 210,
      "value_high": 220,
      "bound": "range",
      "unit": "W/(m·K)",
      "scope": "material",
      "conditions": {
        "grade": "EN AW-8011A",
        "temper": "H19",
        "temperature": "20 °C"
      },
      "method": "Range printed on a property sheet for EN AW-8011A that cites EN 573-3",
      "status": "ground",
      "source": "mfgrobots-8011a-h19",
      "where": "Properties, Thermal: thermal conductivity 210.0 to 220.0 W/(m·K), H19 at 20.0 °C",
      "source_detail": {
        "title": "AW-8011A H19 aluminium alloy property sheet (EN 573-3)",
        "id": "EN 573-3 AW-8011A, foil H19",
        "url": "https://www.mfgrobots.com/Article/material/metal/40588.html",
        "kind": "datasheet",
        "license": "Web page (cited, not reproduced)"
      }
    },
    {
      "benchmark": "thermal_conductivity",
      "label": "Thermal conductivity, EN AW-8011A, cross-check range",
      "value": 210,
      "value_high": 220,
      "bound": "range",
      "unit": "W/(m·°C)",
      "scope": "material",
      "conditions": {
        "grade": "EN AW-8011A",
        "temper": "not stated on page",
        "temperature": "not identified on page"
      },
      "method": "Range printed on a materials database page for EN AW-8011A; the page's unit is W/(m·°C), which is the same as W/(m·K)",
      "status": "ground",
      "source": "totalmateria-en-aw-8011a",
      "where": "Physical Properties, Thermal Conductivity: 210 to 220 W/(m·°C)",
      "source_detail": {
        "title": "Totalmateria: EN AW-8011A (DIN EN AW-8011A) material properties",
        "id": "EN AW-8011A, EN 573-3:2026",
        "url": "https://www.totalmateria.com/en-us/material/3224463",
        "kind": "database",
        "license": "Database page (cited, not reproduced)"
      }
    },
    {
      "benchmark": "electrical_conductivity",
      "label": "Electrical conductivity, AW-8011A H19 at 20 °C",
      "value": 34000000,
      "value_high": 35000000,
      "bound": "range",
      "unit": "S/m",
      "scope": "material",
      "conditions": {
        "grade": "EN AW-8011A",
        "temper": "H19",
        "temperature": "20 °C"
      },
      "method": "Range printed on a property sheet for EN AW-8011A that cites EN 573-3, in S/m as printed",
      "status": "ground",
      "source": "mfgrobots-8011a-h19",
      "where": "Properties, Electrical: electrical conductivity 34000000.0 to 35000000.0 S/m, H19 at 20.0 °C",
      "source_detail": {
        "title": "AW-8011A H19 aluminium alloy property sheet (EN 573-3)",
        "id": "EN 573-3 AW-8011A, foil H19",
        "url": "https://www.mfgrobots.com/Article/material/metal/40588.html",
        "kind": "datasheet",
        "license": "Web page (cited, not reproduced)"
      }
    },
    {
      "benchmark": "electrical_resistivity",
      "label": "Electrical resistivity, AW-8011A H19",
      "value": 2.86e-8,
      "value_high": 2.94e-8,
      "bound": "range",
      "unit": "Ω·m",
      "scope": "material",
      "conditions": {
        "grade": "EN AW-8011A",
        "temper": "H19",
        "temperature": "not printed"
      },
      "method": "Range printed on a property sheet for EN AW-8011A that cites EN 573-3",
      "status": "ground",
      "source": "mfgrobots-8011a-h19",
      "where": "Properties, Electrical: electrical resistivity 2.86e-08 to 2.94e-08 Ω·m, H19, no temperature printed",
      "source_detail": {
        "title": "AW-8011A H19 aluminium alloy property sheet (EN 573-3)",
        "id": "EN 573-3 AW-8011A, foil H19",
        "url": "https://www.mfgrobots.com/Article/material/metal/40588.html",
        "kind": "datasheet",
        "license": "Web page (cited, not reproduced)"
      }
    },
    {
      "benchmark": "electrical_resistivity",
      "label": "Electrical resistivity, EN AW-8011A, cross-check range",
      "value": 0.0286,
      "value_high": 0.0294,
      "bound": "range",
      "unit": "Ω·mm2/m",
      "scope": "material",
      "conditions": {
        "grade": "EN AW-8011A",
        "temper": "not stated on page",
        "temperature": "not stated on page"
      },
      "method": "Range printed on a materials database page for EN AW-8011A",
      "status": "ground",
      "source": "totalmateria-en-aw-8011a",
      "where": "Physical Properties, Electrical Resistivity: 0.0286 to 0.0294 Ω·mm²/m",
      "source_detail": {
        "title": "Totalmateria: EN AW-8011A (DIN EN AW-8011A) material properties",
        "id": "EN AW-8011A, EN 573-3:2026",
        "url": "https://www.totalmateria.com/en-us/material/3224463",
        "kind": "database",
        "license": "Database page (cited, not reproduced)"
      }
    },
    {
      "benchmark": "cte",
      "label": "Coefficient of thermal expansion, AW-8011A H19 at 20 °C",
      "value": 0.0000235,
      "bound": "exact",
      "unit": "1/K",
      "scope": "material",
      "conditions": {
        "grade": "EN AW-8011A",
        "temper": "H19",
        "temperature": "20 °C"
      },
      "method": "Value printed on a property sheet for EN AW-8011A that cites EN 573-3",
      "status": "ground",
      "source": "mfgrobots-8011a-h19",
      "where": "Properties, Thermal: coefficient of thermal expansion 2.35e-05 1/K, H19 at 20.0 °C",
      "source_detail": {
        "title": "AW-8011A H19 aluminium alloy property sheet (EN 573-3)",
        "id": "EN 573-3 AW-8011A, foil H19",
        "url": "https://www.mfgrobots.com/Article/material/metal/40588.html",
        "kind": "datasheet",
        "license": "Web page (cited, not reproduced)"
      }
    },
    {
      "benchmark": "cte",
      "label": "Coefficient of thermal expansion, AW-8011A H19 at 100 °C",
      "value": 0.0000235,
      "bound": "exact",
      "unit": "1/K",
      "scope": "material",
      "conditions": {
        "grade": "EN AW-8011A",
        "temper": "H19",
        "temperature": "100 °C"
      },
      "method": "Value printed on a property sheet for EN AW-8011A that cites EN 573-3",
      "status": "ground",
      "source": "mfgrobots-8011a-h19",
      "where": "Properties, Thermal: coefficient of thermal expansion 2.35e-05 1/K, H19 at 100.0 °C",
      "source_detail": {
        "title": "AW-8011A H19 aluminium alloy property sheet (EN 573-3)",
        "id": "EN 573-3 AW-8011A, foil H19",
        "url": "https://www.mfgrobots.com/Article/material/metal/40588.html",
        "kind": "datasheet",
        "license": "Web page (cited, not reproduced)"
      }
    },
    {
      "benchmark": "melting_point",
      "label": "Melting range, AW-8011A H19",
      "value": 640,
      "value_high": 655,
      "bound": "range",
      "unit": "°C",
      "scope": "material",
      "conditions": {
        "grade": "EN AW-8011A",
        "temper": "H19",
        "pressure": "not stated"
      },
      "method": "Range printed on a property sheet for EN AW-8011A that cites EN 573-3",
      "status": "ground",
      "source": "mfgrobots-8011a-h19",
      "where": "Properties, Thermal: melting point 640.0 to 655.0 °C, H19",
      "source_detail": {
        "title": "AW-8011A H19 aluminium alloy property sheet (EN 573-3)",
        "id": "EN 573-3 AW-8011A, foil H19",
        "url": "https://www.mfgrobots.com/Article/material/metal/40588.html",
        "kind": "datasheet",
        "license": "Web page (cited, not reproduced)"
      }
    }
  ],
  "corrosion": [
    {
      "environment": "Marine service (ships), corrosion test medium not stated",
      "headline": "A 2021 study measured the corrosion rate of friction-stir-welded AA8011 against the base metal, but the abstract prints no value.",
      "effect": "The abstract says the corrosion rate of the welded specimens was compared with the base material, and that corroded surfaces were examined by SEM and EDS. No corrosion potential, current or rate is printed in the abstract. The full paper was not read.",
      "rating": "unknown",
      "conditions": {
        "basis": "abstract only; full PDF not read",
        "test_medium": "not stated in the abstract"
      },
      "source": "kumar2021-fsw-aa8011",
      "where": "Abstract (Sazetak), Transactions on Maritime Science 2021"
    }
  ],
  "risks": {
    "hazards": [
      {
        "text": "When used as intended the product is an article that should not pose a health hazard. Physical, health and environmental hazards are not classified; the authority-defined hazard is combustible dust, which may form combustible dust concentrations in air.",
        "ghs": [],
        "source": "alcoa-sds-coil-foil",
        "where": "Section 2, Classification (SDS 1352, sheet, coil and foil family, which lists 8011 among its synonyms)"
      },
      {
        "text": "Dust and fumes from processing can irritate the eyes, skin and upper respiratory tract. Asthma, chronic lung disease and skin rashes are listed as aggravated conditions.",
        "ghs": [],
        "source": "alcoa-sds-coil-foil",
        "where": "Health effects entries (dust and fume from processing)"
      }
    ],
    "failure_risks": [
      {
        "mode": "Dust explosion",
        "trigger": "Dust or fines from processing dispersed in air, or dust accumulating in a confined space",
        "consequence": "The SDS says even a minor dust cloud can explode violently, and chips and fines in contact with water give off flammable hydrogen gas.",
        "severity": "high",
        "source": "alcoa-sds-coil-foil",
        "where": "Specific hazards arising from the chemical entry"
      },
      {
        "mode": "Thermite reaction with metal oxides",
        "trigger": "Molten aluminium in contact with iron oxide (rust), copper oxide or lead oxide, or fines in contact with these oxides",
        "consequence": "The SDS reports a violent thermite reaction with these oxides.",
        "severity": "high",
        "source": "alcoa-sds-coil-foil",
        "where": "Reactivity entry and specific hazards entry for iron oxide (rust) and other metal oxides"
      }
    ],
    "side_effects": [],
    "handling": [
      {
        "text": "Keep the material dry and avoid generating dust. Avoid contact with sharp edges or heated metal.",
        "source": "alcoa-sds-coil-foil",
        "where": "Handling entry"
      },
      {
        "text": "Keep fines and dust apart from iron, iron oxide and other metal oxides, and follow the safety procedures and equipment guides the SDS cites from the Aluminum Association.",
        "source": "alcoa-sds-coil-foil",
        "where": "Handling and dust-processing entries"
      }
    ],
    "mitigations": []
  },
  "uses": [
    {
      "application": "thermal-control",
      "device": "Heat-exchanger fins and air-conditioning ducts in ships",
      "example": "A 2021 abstract says AA8011 alloys are typically used in air-conditioning ducts and heat exchanger fins in ships, leisure boats, workboats and patrol boats. This is marine service, not a spacecraft use.",
      "source": "kumar2021-fsw-aa8011",
      "where": "Abstract, first sentences"
    },
    {
      "application": "thermal-control",
      "device": "HVAC and refrigeration heat-exchanger fin stock coil",
      "example": "A LODEC Group finstock page lists 8011 aluminium finstock in O and H tempers as available for HVAC, refrigeration and other heat-exchanger applications. This is building and refrigeration equipment, not a spacecraft use.",
      "source": "lodec-finstock-8011",
      "where": "Product range paragraph, 8011 aluminium finstock sentence"
    }
  ],
  "supply": [
    {
      "subject": "Primary aluminium, smelter production 2025 (estimated)",
      "producers": [
        {
          "country": "China",
          "share_percent": 60.8,
          "year": 2025
        },
        {
          "country": "India",
          "share_percent": 5.7,
          "year": 2025
        },
        {
          "country": "Russia",
          "share_percent": 5.3,
          "year": 2025
        },
        {
          "country": "Canada",
          "share_percent": 4.5,
          "year": 2025
        },
        {
          "country": "United Arab Emirates",
          "share_percent": 3.6,
          "year": 2025
        }
      ],
      "critical_lists": [],
      "recycling": "USGS: in 2025 about 3.6 million tons of aluminium was recovered from purchased scrap in the United States, and old scrap was equal to about 28 % of apparent consumption. US net import reliance was 60 % in 2025 (estimated).",
      "substitutes": [
        "USGS: copper can replace aluminum in electrical and heat-exchange applications; glass, paper, plastics and steel can substitute for aluminum in packaging."
      ],
      "source": "usgs-mcs2026-aluminum",
      "where": "World Smelter Production and Capacity table, 2025e world total 74,000 thousand t (shares calculated by Space Mushroom from China 45,000, India 4,200, Russia 3,900, Canada 3,300 and UAE 2,700); Salient Statistics; Recycling; Substitutes"
    }
  ],
  "media": [],
  "documents": [
    {
      "title": "Wikipedia: Aluminium alloy (8000 series table)",
      "type": "database",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_alloy",
      "year": 2026
    },
    {
      "title": "AZoM: Grade 8011 (UNS A98011) Foil",
      "type": "datasheet",
      "url": "https://www.azom.com/metals/aluminum-grade-8xxx-series-alloys_grade-8011-(uns-a98011)_foil"
    },
    {
      "title": "Yieh: Aluminum foil product specification and size (8011 temper and designation table)",
      "type": "datasheet",
      "url": "https://yieh.com/en/aluminum-foil"
    },
    {
      "title": "Stanford Advanced Materials AL1469: Aluminum alloy 8011 foil (composition and standards)",
      "type": "datasheet",
      "url": "https://samaterials.com/aluminium/1469-aluminum-alloy-8011-foil.html"
    },
    {
      "title": "Property sheet for AW-8011A H19 aluminium alloy, EN 573-3 (mfgrobots)",
      "type": "datasheet",
      "url": "https://www.mfgrobots.com/Article/material/metal/40588.html"
    },
    {
      "title": "Totalmateria: EN AW-8011A material properties",
      "type": "database",
      "url": "https://www.totalmateria.com/en-us/material/3224463"
    },
    {
      "title": "Alcoa SDS 1352: Aluminium sheet, coil and foil, bare and coated (revision 31 May 2015)",
      "type": "sds",
      "url": "https://www.physics.purdue.edu/primelab/safety/MSDS/SDS/aluminum%20foil%20%20-%20Alcoa.pdf",
      "year": 2015
    },
    {
      "title": "USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026: Aluminum",
      "type": "report",
      "url": "https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2026/mcs2026-aluminum.pdf",
      "year": 2026
    },
    {
      "title": "Gonzalez, Lopez and Luiggi, Efecto de tratamiento isotermico sobre los cambios de fases de una aleacion AA8011, Revista Mexicana de Fisica 52(3), 147-149",
      "type": "paper",
      "url": "https://www.scielo.org.mx/pdf/rmf/v52s3/v52s3a42.pdf",
      "year": 2006
    },
    {
      "title": "Kumar, Vignesh, Srirangarajalu and Padmanaban, Examination of the Mechanical, Corrosion, and Tribological Behavior of Friction Stir Welded Aluminum Alloy AA8011, Transactions on Maritime Science 10(01), 2021",
      "type": "paper",
      "url": "https://hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/375170",
      "year": 2021
    }
  ],
  "gaps": [
    "Yield strength of AA8011 foil in any temper was not found. MakeItFrom returned 403 Forbidden, a Croatian paper page was a waiting page, and the supplier listings print no yield value that could be read.",
    "No tensile or elongation value for H18, H22, H24 or O foil was read in a fetched page. The one tensile range is for H19 from a property sheet for EN AW-8011A.",
    "The H19 values come from a sheet for EN AW-8011A (citing EN 573-3), not from a mill datasheet for AA 8011 foil. yieh.com prints EN AW-8011A as the European name for 8011, but the equivalence should be confirmed against EN 573-3.",
    "Corrosion: no numeric corrosion rate, potential or current for AA8011 was read. The 2021 friction-stir-weld study gives only the qualitative abstract statement. The 2014 acid-electrolyte study was seen only as a search snippet, and the full Amrita paper was not opened.",
    "Spacecraft, rocket or satellite use of AA8011 was not found in any source read. Searches on multilayer insulation and thermal straps named alloys 1145 and 1235 but not 8011, so the uses list has no space use.",
    "Only two uses entries fit the application list (both thermal-control, heat-exchanger fins). The packaging, container and pharmaceutical blister foil uses (samaterials, yieh) have no matching application value in the schema, so they are recorded in story.uses only.",
    "PubChem's aluminium GHS record was blocked by a reCAPTCHA page. The hazard entries rest on the Alcoa SDS for the sheet, coil and foil family, which lists 8011 among its synonyms. Its composition ranges cover the whole family and are not used as 8011 values.",
    "The USGS 2026 aluminum summary read in this run does not mention a critical-minerals list, so no critical-list entry is recorded.",
    "The W.Nr. 3.0280 number and the aluminium atomic weight were not printed on any page read in this run, so they are left out.",
    "The production route (smelting, casting and rolling to foil) is not described from a fetched source. The only process facts are a laboratory study that homogenised a sample at 600 °C for 24 h and quenched it in water (Gonzalez et al. 2006).",
    "Precipitation temperatures from the DSC study (271.8, 450 and 474.2 °C) were not entered, because the heating conditions are only partly readable in the extracted text.",
    "The mfgrobots page gives specific heat, Poisson ratio and fracture toughness only as typical values for the wrought 8000 series, not for 8011, so they are left out.",
    "Hardness of at least 25 HB on totalmateria has no temper, and the page has no canonical hardness name, so it is not entered."
  ],
  "story": {
    "why": "Aluminium alloy 8011 is an Al-Fe-Si alloy, with iron and silicon as its main alloying additions (Gonzalez et al. 2006; Wikipedia 8000 table). In the H19 condition, one reseller sheet for the European name EN AW-8011A gives a tensile strength of 180 to 195 MPa, a density of 2.71 g/cm3 and a thermal conductivity of 210 to 220 W/(m·K) at 20 °C. A 2021 abstract names heat-exchanger fins as a typical use. The published foil specifications cover packaging, container and blister foil in several tempers.",
    "uses": [
      {
        "where": "Heat-exchanger fins",
        "line": "A 2021 abstract says AA8011 is typically used in air-conditioning ducts and heat-exchanger fins in ships and boats. This is marine service, not a spacecraft use."
      },
      {
        "where": "HVAC and refrigeration fin stock",
        "line": "A LODEC Group finstock page lists 8011 finstock in O and H tempers as available for HVAC, refrigeration and other heat-exchanger applications. This is building and refrigeration equipment, not a spacecraft use."
      },
      {
        "where": "Packaging and blister foil",
        "line": "Stanford Advanced Materials lists 8011 foil for packaging in the thin gauges of its foil table, container foil and pharmaceutical blister foil, with tempers including O, H14, H18, H22 and H24."
      }
    ],
    "can_do": [
      {
        "label": "Carry heat",
        "line": "Thermal conductivity of H19 foil at 20 °C is 210 to 220 W/(m·K). A materials database gives the same range without a temper.",
        "benchmark": "thermal_conductivity",
        "scope": "material",
        "value": "210 to 220 W/(m·K)"
      },
      {
        "label": "Light weight",
        "line": "Density of H19 foil is 2.71 g/cm3 at 20 °C.",
        "benchmark": "density",
        "scope": "material",
        "value": "2.71 g/cm3"
      },
      {
        "label": "Strength in H19",
        "line": "Tensile strength of H19 foil at 20 °C is printed as 180.0 and 195.0 MPa. No yield strength for this temper was found.",
        "benchmark": "ultimate_tensile_strength",
        "scope": "material",
        "value": "180 to 195 MPa"
      },
      {
        "label": "Stiffness",
        "line": "The modulus of elasticity of H19 is 70.0 GPa at 20 °C.",
        "benchmark": "elastic_modulus",
        "scope": "material",
        "value": "70.0 GPa"
      },
      {
        "label": "Melting range",
        "line": "The melting range of H19 is printed as 640.0 to 655.0 °C.",
        "benchmark": "melting_point",
        "scope": "material",
        "value": "640 to 655 °C"
      }
    ],
    "compare": "The USGS says copper can replace aluminium in electrical and heat-exchange applications, and that composites, steel and titanium can substitute in ground transport. The 8011 values here are from one reseller sheet for EN AW-8011A and a materials database that does not name a temper, so compare them with the other alloy profiles on this site only after checking each one's temper.",
    "compare_rows": [
      {
        "label": "Density",
        "benchmark": "density",
        "scope": "material"
      },
      {
        "label": "Thermal conductivity",
        "benchmark": "thermal_conductivity",
        "scope": "material"
      },
      {
        "label": "Thermal expansion",
        "benchmark": "cte",
        "scope": "material"
      }
    ],
    "handling": [
      "Specify the temper, because the H19 values do not apply to annealed O foil.",
      "Keep dust and fines dry and apart from rust and other metal oxides, to avoid dust explosions and thermite reactions.",
      "Avoid contact with sharp edges and heated metal, as the SDS advises."
    ],
    "good_for": [
      "Light heat-exchanger fins: 2.71 g/cm3 density and 210 to 220 W/(m·K) conductivity in H19 foil at 20 °C.",
      "Packaging, container and blister foil in tempers from O to H28, per the published foil specifications."
    ],
    "watch_out": [
      "No yield strength is recorded for any temper, so the strength figures alone do not show how the foil will deform.",
      "The H19 values come from a sheet for EN AW-8011A, not from an AA 8011 datasheet.",
      "No corrosion rate, no spacecraft use and no outgassing data were found for this alloy."
    ],
    "verdict": "Aluminium alloy 8011 is a light, conductive foil and fin alloy. H19 foil shows 180 to 195 MPa tensile strength, 2.71 g/cm3 density and 210 to 220 W/(m·K) conductivity at 20 °C, but this profile has no yield strength, no corrosion number and no space flight use.",
    "recipe": {
      "line": "AA 8011 is a wrought Al-Fe-Si alloy: the Wikipedia 8000-series table gives 98.7 % Al, 0.7 % Fe and 0.6 % Si, and foil specifications set iron at 0.60 to 1.00 % and silicon at 0.50 to 0.90 % (yieh.com; Stanford Advanced Materials). A laboratory study measured the Fe and Si in one sample, which was homogenised it at 600 °C for 24 h and quenching it in water (Gonzalez et al. 2006). The production route to foil is not described from a fetched source.",
      "parts": [
        {
          "name": "Aluminium",
          "symbol": "Al",
          "role": "The matrix. Almost all of the alloy is aluminium, which gives the foil its light weight and conductivity."
        },
        {
          "name": "Iron",
          "symbol": "Fe",
          "role": "Main alloying element together with silicon. The 2006 study found Al-Fe-Si phases in its AA8011 sample."
        },
        {
          "name": "Silicon",
          "symbol": "Si",
          "role": "Main alloying element together with iron (Gonzalez et al. 2006 describes the alloy as made mainly of Fe and Si)."
        }
      ]
    },
    "risk_groups": [
      {
        "title": "For people",
        "lead": "As supplied, the foil and sheet are not classified as hazardous. The hazard in use is dust and fine chips from processing.",
        "points": [
          {
            "label": "The foil",
            "line": "The Alcoa safety data sheet for sheet, coil and foil (a family sheet that lists 8011 among its synonyms) says the product is an article that should not pose a health hazard, and it is not classified under physical, health or environmental criteria."
          },
          {
            "label": "Dust and fumes",
            "line": "Dust and fumes from processing can irritate the eyes, skin and upper airways. The sheet lists asthma, chronic lung disease and skin rashes as conditions that dust can make worse."
          }
        ],
        "level": 1,
        "verdict": "Low as supplied"
      },
      {
        "title": "If it fails",
        "lead": "The failure routes in the sources are dust explosion and thermite reactions with metal oxides. No corrosion rate was found.",
        "points": [
          {
            "label": "Dust explosion",
            "line": "The sheet says even a minor dust cloud can explode violently, and chips and fines in contact with water give off hydrogen gas."
          },
          {
            "label": "Thermite",
            "line": "Molten aluminium reacts violently with iron oxide (rust), and with copper and lead oxides, so fines must be kept apart from rust and other metal oxides."
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "title": "Handling and storage",
        "points": [
          {
            "label": "Keep it dry",
            "line": "Keep the material dry, avoid generating dust, and avoid contact with sharp edges or heated metal."
          },
          {
            "label": "Temper",
            "line": "The H19 figures do not apply to annealed O foil. The published tempers for 8011 foil run from O to H28 (yieh.com)."
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "updated": "2026-10-26",
  "review": {
    "status": "draft",
    "method": "assistant",
    "checked_values": 13,
    "unreachable": 3,
    "caveats": 5,
    "note": "Values were read by an AI assistant on 2026-10-26 from the pages named in each entry. H19 values come from a sheet for EN AW-8011A, not from a datasheet for AA 8011 foil. Unreachable: MakeItFrom (403), PubChem (reCAPTCHA), CroRIS waiting page for a Croatian foil paper. Caveats: no yield strength; totalmateria ranges have no temper; no corrosion number; no space use; hazards from a multi-alloy SDS."
  },
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    "wiki-aluminium-alloy": {
      "title": "Aluminium alloy, 8000 series (other elements) table",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_alloy",
      "year": 2026,
      "kind": "web",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0 (cited, not reproduced)"
    },
    "azom-8011-foil": {
      "title": "AZoM: Grade 8011 (UNS A98011) Foil, Aluminum Grade 8xxx Series Alloys",
      "id": "UNS A98011",
      "url": "https://www.azom.com/metals/aluminum-grade-8xxx-series-alloys_grade-8011-(uns-a98011)_foil",
      "kind": "datasheet",
      "license": "Supplier listing (cited, not reproduced)"
    },
    "yieh-aluminum-foil": {
      "title": "Yieh: aluminium foil product specification, temper table and alloy designation comparison",
      "id": "8011 / EN AW-8011A comparison row",
      "url": "https://yieh.com/en/aluminum-foil",
      "kind": "datasheet",
      "license": "Supplier web page (cited, not reproduced)"
    },
    "samaterials-8011-foil": {
      "title": "Stanford Advanced Materials AL1469: Aluminum Alloy 8011 Foil product information",
      "id": "Catalog AL1469; QQA-1876, ASTM B479",
      "url": "https://samaterials.com/aluminium/1469-aluminum-alloy-8011-foil.html",
      "kind": "datasheet",
      "license": "Supplier web page (cited, not reproduced)"
    },
    "mfgrobots-8011a-h19": {
      "title": "AW-8011A H19 aluminium alloy property sheet (EN 573-3)",
      "id": "EN 573-3 AW-8011A, foil H19",
      "url": "https://www.mfgrobots.com/Article/material/metal/40588.html",
      "kind": "datasheet",
      "license": "Web page (cited, not reproduced)"
    },
    "totalmateria-en-aw-8011a": {
      "title": "Totalmateria: EN AW-8011A (DIN EN AW-8011A) material properties",
      "id": "EN AW-8011A, EN 573-3:2026",
      "url": "https://www.totalmateria.com/en-us/material/3224463",
      "kind": "database",
      "license": "Database page (cited, not reproduced)"
    },
    "alcoa-sds-coil-foil": {
      "title": "Alcoa SDS 1352: Aluminium sheet, coil and foil, bare and coated (version 04, revised 31 May 2015)",
      "id": "SDS 1352; synonyms include alloy 8011",
      "url": "https://www.physics.purdue.edu/primelab/safety/MSDS/SDS/aluminum%20foil%20%20-%20Alcoa.pdf",
      "year": 2015,
      "kind": "datasheet",
      "license": "Manufacturer safety data sheet (cited, not reproduced)"
    },
    "usgs-mcs2026-aluminum": {
      "title": "Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026: Aluminum",
      "id": "USGS MCS 2026",
      "url": "https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2026/mcs2026-aluminum.pdf",
      "year": 2026,
      "kind": "report",
      "license": "public domain (USGS)"
    },
    "gonzalez2006-rmf": {
      "title": "Efecto de tratamiento isotermico sobre los cambios de fases de una aleacion AA8011 (Gonzalez, Lopez, Luiggi), Revista Mexicana de Fisica 52(3), 147-149",
      "id": "Rev. Mex. Fis. 52 (3), 2006",
      "url": "https://www.scielo.org.mx/pdf/rmf/v52s3/v52s3a42.pdf",
      "year": 2006,
      "kind": "paper",
      "license": "open-access journal (cited, not reproduced)"
    },
    "kumar2021-fsw-aa8011": {
      "title": "Examination of the Mechanical, Corrosion, and Tribological Behavior of Friction Stir Welded Aluminum Alloy AA8011 (Kumar, Vignesh, Srirangarajalu, Padmanaban), Transactions on Maritime Science 10(01), 20-41",
      "url": "https://hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/375170",
      "year": 2021,
      "kind": "paper",
      "license": "open-access journal (cited, not reproduced)"
    },
    "lodec-finstock-8011": {
      "title": "AL CircleBiz: LODEC Group aluminium finstock coil in 1xxx, 3xxx and 8xxx alloys for heat exchangers, radiators and HVAC",
      "url": "https://www.alcircle.com/biz/lodec-group-products/19117/aluminium-finstock-coil-in-1xxx-3xxx-and-8xxx-alloys-for-heat-exchangers-radiators-and-hvac",
      "year": 2026,
      "kind": "web",
      "license": "Supplier web page (cited, not reproduced)"
    }
  },
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "url": "https://spacemushroom.com/profiles/aluminium-8011/"
}