3103 Aluminum vs. EN 1.0580 Steel
3103 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.0580 steel belongs to the iron alloys. 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 3103 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.0580 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 27 to 62 | |
| 160 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 28 | |
| 5.6 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 38 to 83 | |
| 210 to 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 68 to 130 | |
| 340 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 100 to 220 | |
| 540 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 39 to 200 | |
| 290 to 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 660 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 640 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 160 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 42 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 140 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1180 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.4 to 24 | |
| 31 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 11 to 280 | |
| 230 to 540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 10 to 22 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 30 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 64 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 4.6 to 9.9 | |
| 17 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 96.3 to 99.1 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.22 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 97.5 to 100 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.9 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.55 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |