Aluminum Honeycomb Panel

Aluminum Honeycomb Panel offers exceptional strength-to-weight ratio, high rigidity, and excellent corrosion resistance due to its core of hexagonal aluminum cells bonded between thin aluminum alloy sheets. The structure provides superior impact resistance, energy absorption, and thermal insulation compared to solid sheets. This material finds widespread use in aerospace panels, marine components, and architectural cladding, as well as in high-performance vehicle bodywork and protective enclosures. Specific technologies benefiting from aluminum honeycomb panels include aircraft interior panels requiring both lightweight and fire safety compliance, high-durability façade systems for extreme weather environments, and precision-engineered sandwich structures for racing applications. Its research significance lies in enabling structural optimization for weight reduction without sacrificing stiffness or safety performance, making it essential for innovation in transportation, construction, and advanced engineering sectors. In industrial contexts, aluminum honeycomb panels deliver an optimal balance of mechanical efficiency, environmental resilience, and design versatility.

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Honeycomb Panel

Thickness		Nominal
Other		All other dimesions are Nominal

Material Properties for Metals

Atomic Properties

Element	Value
Atomic number	13
Crystal structure	Face centred cubic
Electronic structure	Ne 3s² 3p¹
Valences shown	3
Atomic weight( amu )	26.98154
Thermal neutron absorption cross-section( Barns )	0.232
Photo-electric work function( eV )	4.2
Atomic radius - Goldschmidt( nm )	0.143
Ionisation potential( No./eV )	4/ 120
Ionisation potential( No./eV )	5/ 154
Ionisation potential( No./eV )	6/ 190
Ionisation potential( No./eV )	1/ 5.99
Ionisation potential( No./eV )	3/ 28.4
Ionisation potential( No./eV )	2/ 18.8

Mechanical Properties

Element	Value
Material condition	Soft
Material condition	Hard
Poisson's ratio	0.345
Poisson's ratio	0.345
Bulk modulus( GPa )	75.2
Bulk modulus( GPa )	75.2
Tensile modulus( GPa )	70.6
Tensile modulus( GPa )	70.6
Hardness - Vickers( kgf mm⁻² )	21
Hardness - Vickers( kgf mm⁻² )	35-48
Tensile strength( MPa )	130-195
Tensile strength( MPa )	50-90
Yield strength( MPa )	110-170
Yield strength( MPa )	Oct-35

Electrical Properties

Element	Value
Electrical resistivity( µOhmcm )	2.67@20@20°C
Superconductivity critical temperature( K )	1.175
Temperature coefficient( K⁻¹ )	0.0045@0-100°C
Thermal emf against Pt (cold 0C - hot 100C)( mV )	0.42

Physical Properties

Element	Value
Boiling point( C )	2467
Density( gcm⁻³ )	2.7@20°C

Thermal Properties

Element	Value
Melting point( C )	660.4
Latent heat of evaporation( J g⁻¹ )	10800
Latent heat of fusion( J g⁻¹ )	388
Specific heat( J K⁻¹ kg⁻¹ )	900@25°C
Thermal conductivity( W m⁻¹ K⁻¹ )	237@0-100°C
Coefficient of thermal expansion( x10⁻⁶ K⁻¹ )	23.5@0-100°C