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5454 Aluminum vs. EN 1.6554 Steel

5454 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.6554 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 5454 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.6554 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 61 to 93
230 to 280
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 69
190
Elongation at Break, % 2.3 to 18
17 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 83 to 160
380 to 520
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 230 to 350
780 to 930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 97 to 290
550 to 790

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
420
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
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 34
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 110
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
3.4
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.6
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
53

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 6.3 to 34
140 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 68 to 590
810 to 1650
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 36
27 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 30 to 41
24 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 55
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 10 to 16
23 to 27

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 94.5 to 97.1
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.23 to 0.28
Chromium (Cr), % 0.050 to 0.2
0.7 to 0.9
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
94.6 to 97.3
Magnesium (Mg), % 2.4 to 3.0
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.0
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0
1.0 to 2.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.030
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants