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5457 Aluminum vs. EN 1.8062 Steel

5457 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.8062 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 5457 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.8062 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 32 to 55
200 to 510
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 130 to 210
660 to 1910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 660
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 630
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 180
43
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 46
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 150
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
2.4
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.4
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 1190
49

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 13 to 21
24 to 69
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 28
22 to 44
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 72
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 5.7 to 9.0
20 to 57

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 97.8 to 99.05
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.42 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0.5 to 0.8
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
95.9 to 97.1
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.8 to 1.2
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 0.45
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.080
1.3 to 1.7
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.050
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.050
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.1
0

Comparable Variants