5251 Aluminum vs. EN 1.7366 Steel
5251 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.7366 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 5251 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.7366 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 44 to 79 | |
| 140 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 19 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 59 to 110 | |
| 160 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 110 to 160 | |
| 290 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 180 to 280 | |
| 460 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 67 to 250 | |
| 230 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 510 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 610 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 150 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 37 | |
| 8.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 120 | |
| 9.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 4.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.5 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1180 | |
| 69 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 5.4 to 27 | |
| 74 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 33 to 450 | |
| 140 to 600 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 16 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 35 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 61 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.9 to 13 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 95.5 to 98.2 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 91.9 to 95.3 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 1.7 to 2.4 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |