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206.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.3553 Steel

206.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.3553 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, 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 206.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.3553 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 95 to 110
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 330 to 440
720

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
540
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 570
1570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
440
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 19
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 33
10
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 99
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
24
Density, g/cm3 3.0
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
8.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
130
Embodied Water, L/kg 1150
96

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30 to 40
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 35 to 42
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 46
6.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 23
21

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93.3 to 95.3
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.78 to 0.86
Chromium (Cr), % 0
3.9 to 4.3
Copper (Cu), % 4.2 to 5.0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.15
80.7 to 83.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.15 to 0.35
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.5
0 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
4.7 to 5.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.050
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.050
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.3
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
6.0 to 6.7
Vanadium (V), % 0
1.7 to 2.0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0