515.0 Aluminum vs. K94200 Alloy
515.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while K94200 alloy belongs to the iron alloys. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, 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 K94200 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 140 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 | |
| 5.0 to 32 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 54 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 190 | |
| 330 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 | |
| 500 to 710 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 620 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 5.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
| 8.2 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 9.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 52 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 | |
| 17 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 36 | |
| 17 to 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 49 to 70 |