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5086 Aluminum vs. EN 1.6582 Steel

5086 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.6582 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, 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 5086 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.6582 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 65 to 100
190 to 300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 270 to 390
620 to 1750

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 590
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 31
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 100
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
3.6
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.8
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
56

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 40
22 to 62
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 34 to 44
21 to 41
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 52
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 17
18 to 51

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93 to 96.3
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.3 to 0.38
Chromium (Cr), % 0.050 to 0.25
1.3 to 1.7
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
94.7 to 96.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 3.5 to 4.5
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.7
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0
1.3 to 1.7
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.035
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants