QE22A Magnesium vs. 515.0 Aluminum
QE22A magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys classification, while 515.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is QE22A magnesium and the bottom bar is 515.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.4 | |
| 10 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 110 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 17 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 150 | |
| 190 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 250 | |
| 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 340 | |
| 470 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 250 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 620 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 570 | |
| 620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 970 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 27 | |
| 23 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.0 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 27 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 220 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 60 | |
| 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 36 | |
| 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 46 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 93.6 to 96.6 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.3 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 93.1 to 95.8 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 10 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Unspecified Rare Earths, % | 1.8 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |