515.0 Aluminum vs. 6061 Aluminum
Both 515.0 aluminum and 6061 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a very high 97% 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 515.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is 6061 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 69 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 | |
| 3.4 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 130 | |
| 58 to 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 190 | |
| 84 to 210 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 | |
| 130 to 410 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 470 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 620 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 620 | |
| 580 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 24 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.4 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1120 | |
| 1180 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 52 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 | |
| 13 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 36 | |
| 21 to 45 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 5.7 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 93.6 to 96.6 | |
| 95.9 to 98.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.35 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 10 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |