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515.0 Aluminum vs. SAE-AISI H42 Steel

515.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while SAE-AISI H42 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 SAE-AISI H42 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 280
700 to 1980

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 470
260
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 620
1620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 620
1570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
440
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
24
Density, g/cm3 2.6
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.4
8.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
130
Embodied Water, L/kg 1120
98

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 52
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
23 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36
21 to 42
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
20 to 57

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93.6 to 96.6
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.55 to 0.7
Chromium (Cr), % 0
3.8 to 4.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.3
79.3 to 83.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 2.5 to 4.0
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.6
0.15 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
4.5 to 5.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 10
0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0
5.5 to 6.8
Vanadium (V), % 0
1.8 to 2.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0