Lightweight

As ALPOLIC and its affiliated products are composite materials that is composed of metal skins and the core material, their weights are lower than solid metal sheets of the same rigidity. The following table shows ALPOLIC products’ weight versus typical building materials.

ALPOLIC and its affiliated materials

Material Thickness Specific Gravity Weight kg/m2
ALPOLIC A2 4mm 2.03 8.1
ALPOLIC/fr 3mm 1.99 6.0
4mm 1.90 7.6
6mm 1.81 10.9
TCM 4mm 2.3 9.3
SCM 4mm 2.5 10.2
ZCM 4mm 3.13 12.5
ALPOLIC/fr LT 3mm 1.84 5.5
ALPOLIC 3mm 1.52 4.6
4mm 1.38 5.5
6mm 1.23 7.4
AL-LEADER 3mm 0.97 2.9
ALPOLIC/fr-RF 3mm 2.00 6.0

Typical building materials

Material Thickness Specific Gravity Weight kg/m2
Aluminum sheet 2.0mm 2.71 5.4
3.0mm 8.1
Steel sheet 1.2mm 7.9 9.5
1.6mm 12.6
Stainless steel sheet (304) 1.2mm 7.9 9.5
1.6mm 12.6
Granite 8mm 2.9 8.0
30mm 2.7 81.0
Sheet glass 3mm 2.5 7.5
6mm 15.0
Acrylic sheet 4mm 1.2 4.8
Gypsum board 12.5mm 0.86 10.8