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710.0 Aluminum vs. SAE-AISI 4150 Steel

710.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 4150 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 710.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4150 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 75
200 to 380
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
190
Elongation at Break, % 2.2 to 3.6
12 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 55 to 110
260 to 780
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
73
Shear Strength, MPa 180
410 to 800
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 240 to 250
660 to 1310
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 160
380 to 1220

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 380
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 610
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140
42
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 35
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 110
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
2.4
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 1130
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 4.9 to 7.9
82 to 180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180 to 190
380 to 3930
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
24 to 47
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29
22 to 34
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 53
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 10 to 11
19 to 39

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.5 to 93.1
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.48 to 0.53
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0.8 to 1.1
Copper (Cu), % 0.35 to 0.65
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
96.7 to 97.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.6 to 0.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.050
0.75 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.15
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.040
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 6.0 to 7.0
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0