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380.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.8936 Steel

380.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.8936 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 380.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.8936 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 80
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 74
190
Elongation at Break, % 3.0
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 140
250
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 28
73
Shear Strength, MPa 190
370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 320
600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 160
370

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 510
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 590
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 540
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 100
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 27
7.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 83
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
2.5
Density, g/cm3 2.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.5
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 1040
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 8.0
100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170
370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 48
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 40
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 79.6 to 89.5
0 to 0.060
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 4.0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 2.0
95.5 to 98.9
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.1
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
1.0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 7.5 to 9.5
0.1 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.35
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 3.0
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.5
0