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 |