EN AC-43500 Aluminum vs. 515.0 Aluminum
Both EN AC-43500 aluminum and 515.0 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN AC-43500 aluminum and the bottom bar is 515.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 to 13 | |
| 10 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 62 to 100 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 to 300 | |
| 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 550 | |
| 470 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 600 | |
| 620 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 590 | |
| 620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 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 | 7.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1070 | |
| 1120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 54 | |
| 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 33 | |
| 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 32 to 39 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 14 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 86.4 to 90.5 | |
| 93.6 to 96.6 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 1.3 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.1 to 0.6 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 9.0 to 11.5 | |
| 0.5 to 10 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |