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513.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.6553 Steel

513.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.6553 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 513.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.6553 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 55
210 to 240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
190
Elongation at Break, % 5.7
19 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 97
330 to 460
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 200
710 to 800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 120
470 to 670

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
420
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
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 34
7.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 110
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
2.7
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.8
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 1170
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 9.8
130 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100
600 to 1190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20
25 to 28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
23 to 24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 54
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.8
21 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 91.9 to 95.1
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.23 to 0.28
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0.4 to 0.8
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
95.6 to 98.2
Magnesium (Mg), % 3.5 to 4.5
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.3
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0.4 to 0.8
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.030
Zinc (Zn), % 1.4 to 2.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0