355.0 Aluminum vs. SAE-AISI 1086 Steel
355.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1086 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 355.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1086 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 72 to 83 | |
| 220 to 260 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.5 to 2.6 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 55 to 70 | |
| 300 to 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 150 to 240 | |
| 450 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 to 260 | |
| 760 to 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 to 190 | |
| 480 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 470 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 620 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 560 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 890 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 150 to 170 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 38 to 43 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 120 to 140 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1120 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.7 to 5.9 | |
| 79 to 84 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 250 | |
| 610 to 890 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 60 to 69 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.1 to 12 | |
| 26 to 30 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 90.3 to 94.1 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 0.93 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 98.5 to 98.9 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 4.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |