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3105 Aluminum vs. EN 1.6771 Steel

3105 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.6771 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 3105 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.6771 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 29 to 67
280 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 69
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 20
8.0 to 8.7
Fatigue Strength, MPa 39 to 95
440 to 680
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 120 to 240
930 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 46 to 220
740 to 1140

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
440
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 170
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 44
8.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 140
9.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
5.0
Density, g/cm3 2.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.2
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
25
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
58

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 2.6 to 19
75 to 93
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 15 to 340
1460 to 3450
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 12 to 24
33 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 31
27 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 68
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 5.2 to 11
27 to 35

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 96 to 99.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.27 to 0.33
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.2
0.8 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
92.2 to 95
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.2 to 0.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.8
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.3 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 0
3.0 to 4.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.6
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.1
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.4
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants