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444.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.6771 Steel

444.0 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 (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 444.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.6771 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 50
280 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
190
Elongation at Break, % 25
8.0 to 8.7
Fatigue Strength, MPa 51
440 to 680
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 190
930 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 83
740 to 1140

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 500
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 610
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 600
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 160
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 40
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 2.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.9
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
25
Embodied Water, L/kg 1110
58

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 39
75 to 93
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 49
1460 to 3450
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 53
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20
33 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
27 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 67
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.8
27 to 35

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.5 to 93.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.27 to 0.33
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.6
92.2 to 95
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.1
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.35
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), % 6.5 to 7.5
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.35
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0