413.0 Aluminum vs. 515.0 Aluminum
Both 413.0 aluminum and 515.0 aluminum are aluminum alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 413.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is 515.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.5 | |
| 10 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 130 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 28 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 170 | |
| 190 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 | |
| 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 570 | |
| 470 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 590 | |
| 620 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 580 | |
| 620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 23 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.6 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1040 | |
| 1120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 53 | |
| 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 | |
| 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 36 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 82.2 to 89 | |
| 93.6 to 96.6 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.3 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 0.5 to 10 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |