4015 Aluminum vs. 359.0 Aluminum
Both 4015 aluminum and 359.0 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 4015 aluminum and the bottom bar is 359.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 35 to 70 | |
| 90 to 100 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 71 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 23 | |
| 3.8 to 4.9 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 46 to 71 | |
| 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 27 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 82 to 120 | |
| 220 to 230 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 130 to 220 | |
| 340 to 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 50 to 200 | |
| 250 to 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 530 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 600 | |
| 570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 910 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 160 | |
| 140 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 41 | |
| 35 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 130 | |
| 120 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1160 | |
| 1090 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.4 to 24 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 18 to 290 | |
| 450 to 540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 54 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 22 | |
| 37 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 30 | |
| 42 to 43 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 66 | |
| 59 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 5.7 to 9.7 | |
| 16 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 94.9 to 97.9 | |
| 88.9 to 91 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0.5 to 0.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.4 to 2.2 | |
| 8.5 to 9.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |