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515.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.0490 Steel

515.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.0490 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, 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 515.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.0490 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
190
Elongation at Break, % 10
26
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
210
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
73
Shear Strength, MPa 190
280
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 280
440

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 470
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 620
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 620
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
2.4
Density, g/cm3 2.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.4
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 1120
49

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 52
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
16
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36
16
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93.6 to 96.6
0 to 0.015
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.3
96 to 99.55
Magnesium (Mg), % 2.5 to 4.0
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.6
0.45 to 1.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.13
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.35
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.017
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 10
0 to 0.45
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.060
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.070
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0