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2025 Aluminum vs. EN 1.8865 Steel

2025 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.8865 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 2025 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.8865 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 110
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 72
190
Elongation at Break, % 15
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
73
Shear Strength, MPa 240
410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 400
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260
500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 520
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 150
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 40
7.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 120
8.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
3.2
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.9
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 1130
52

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 55
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 450
670
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 37
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 58
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.9 to 95.2
0
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 3.9 to 5.0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.0
93.6 to 100
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 1.2
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 1.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 1.2
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.080
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0