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712.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.3553 Steel

712.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.3553 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 712.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.3553 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 75 to 90
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 250 to 260
720

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 380
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
540
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 610
1570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
440
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 160
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 40
10
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 120
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
24
Density, g/cm3 3.0
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
8.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
130
Embodied Water, L/kg 1140
96

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 25
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 30 to 31
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 62
6.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
21

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.7 to 94
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.78 to 0.86
Chromium (Cr), % 0.4 to 0.6
3.9 to 4.3
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
80.7 to 83.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.5 to 0.65
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
4.7 to 5.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.25
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
6.0 to 6.7
Vanadium (V), % 0
1.7 to 2.0
Zinc (Zn), % 5.0 to 6.5
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.2
0