336.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.5113 Steel
336.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.5113 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 336.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.5113 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 110 to 130 | |
170 to 270 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 0.5 | |
11 to 18 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 80 to 93 | |
220 to 470 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 28 | |
72 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 190 to 250 | |
360 to 540 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 250 to 320 | |
580 to 900 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 300 | |
320 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 570 | |
260 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 210 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 570 | |
1450 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 540 | |
1410 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 890 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
52 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 29 | |
7.2 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 95 | |
8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
2.0 |
Density, g/cm3 | 2.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
19 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 1010 | |
48 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 1.1 to 1.6 | |
91 to 96 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 to 580 | |
270 to 1570 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 32 | |
21 to 32 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 32 to 38 | |
20 to 27 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 48 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 16 | |
17 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 79.1 to 85.8 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
97 to 97.5 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.7 to 1.3 | |
0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
1.6 to 1.8 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 11 to 13 | |
0.9 to 1.1 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
0 |