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392.0 Aluminum vs. K93500 Alloy

392.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while K93500 alloy belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is 392.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is K93500 alloy.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 75
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.3
Shear Modulus, GPa 28
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 290
490 to 810

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 670
270
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 670
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 580
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
460
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 19
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
30
Density, g/cm3 2.5
8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.5
4.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
65
Embodied Water, L/kg 950
130

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 17
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 56
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
17 to 27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 39
17 to 23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
15 to 25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 73.9 to 80.6
0 to 0.1
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0 to 0.25
Cobalt (Co), % 0
5.0
Copper (Cu), % 0.4 to 0.8
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.5
61.4 to 63
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.8 to 1.2
0 to 0.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.6
0 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
32
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 18 to 20
0 to 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.3
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.1
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.5
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0 to 0.5
0