515.0 Aluminum vs. 319.0 Aluminum
Both 515.0 aluminum and 319.0 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 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 515.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is 319.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 72 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 | |
| 1.8 to 2.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 130 | |
| 76 to 80 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 27 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 190 | |
| 170 to 210 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 | |
| 190 to 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 620 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 620 | |
| 540 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 880 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 22 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.4 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1120 | |
| 1080 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 52 | |
| 48 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 | |
| 18 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 36 | |
| 25 to 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 93.6 to 96.6 | |
| 85.8 to 91.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 10 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |