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5454 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4931 Steel

5454 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4931 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 5454 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4931 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 61 to 93
240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 69
200
Elongation at Break, % 2.3 to 18
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 83 to 160
410
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 230 to 350
810
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 97 to 290
620

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
600
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 600
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 34
9.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 110
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
8.5
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.6
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
100

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 6.3 to 34
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 68 to 590
970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 36
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 30 to 41
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 55
6.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 10 to 16
22

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 94.5 to 97.1
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.2 to 0.26
Chromium (Cr), % 0.050 to 0.2
11.3 to 12.2
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
83.2 to 86.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 2.4 to 3.0
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.0
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.0 to 1.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 1.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
0 to 0.5
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.25 to 0.35
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0