336.0 Aluminum vs. 4115 Aluminum
Both 336.0 aluminum and 4115 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 336.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is 4115 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 110 to 130 | |
| 38 to 68 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 0.5 | |
| 1.1 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 80 to 93 | |
| 39 to 76 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 28 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 190 to 250 | |
| 71 to 130 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 250 to 320 | |
| 120 to 220 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 300 | |
| 39 to 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 570 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 210 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 570 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 540 | |
| 590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 890 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 160 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 29 | |
| 41 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 95 | |
| 140 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1010 | |
| 1160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 1.1 to 1.6 | |
| 2.1 to 10 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 to 580 | |
| 11 to 270 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 32 | |
| 12 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 32 to 38 | |
| 20 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 48 | |
| 66 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 16 | |
| 5.2 to 9.9 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 79.1 to 85.8 | |
| 94.6 to 97.4 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.7 to 1.3 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0.6 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |