390.0 Aluminum vs. 4115 Aluminum
Both 390.0 aluminum and 4115 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 390.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is 4115 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 120 | |
| 38 to 68 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 | |
| 1.1 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 76 to 110 | |
| 39 to 76 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 28 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 to 300 | |
| 120 to 220 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 270 | |
| 39 to 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 640 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 560 | |
| 590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 880 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 160 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 24 to 25 | |
| 41 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 79 to 83 | |
| 140 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.3 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 950 | |
| 1160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.7 to 2.9 | |
| 2.1 to 10 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 380 to 470 | |
| 11 to 270 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 52 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 30 | |
| 12 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 to 36 | |
| 20 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 56 | |
| 66 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 5.2 to 9.9 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 74.5 to 79.6 | |
| 94.6 to 97.4 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.45 to 0.65 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.6 to 1.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |