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515.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.3536 Steel

515.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.3536 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 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 1.3536 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 280
660

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 470
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 620
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 620
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
2.9
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
55

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 52
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93.6 to 96.6
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0
0.93 to 1.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0
1.7 to 2.0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.3
96 to 97.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 2.5 to 4.0
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.6
0.6 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.2 to 0.35
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.0015
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 10
0.15 to 0.45
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0