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2024 Aluminum vs. EN 1.7366 Steel

2024 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.7366 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 2024 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.7366 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
190
Elongation at Break, % 4.0 to 16
17 to 19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 90 to 180
160 to 320
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
74
Shear Strength, MPa 130 to 320
290 to 440
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 200 to 540
460 to 710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 100 to 490
230 to 480

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
510
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 500
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 30
8.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 90
9.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
4.3
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 1140
69

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 20 to 68
74 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 70 to 1680
140 to 600
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 50
16 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 49
17 to 23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 46
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.6 to 24
13 to 20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.7 to 94.7
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
4.0 to 6.0
Copper (Cu), % 3.8 to 4.9
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
91.9 to 95.3
Magnesium (Mg), % 1.2 to 1.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.9
0.3 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.45 to 0.65
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants