7475 Aluminum vs. ASTM A387 Grade 11 Steel
7475 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while ASTM A387 grade 11 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 7475 aluminum and the bottom bar is ASTM A387 grade 11 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 12 | |
| 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 210 | |
| 200 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 350 | |
| 320 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 590 | |
| 500 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 440 to 520 | |
| 270 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 380 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 480 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 870 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 140 to 160 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 33 to 42 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 98 to 120 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 2.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1130 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 53 to 68 | |
| 100 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1390 to 1920 | |
| 200 to 320 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 46 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 49 to 55 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 48 to 52 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 53 to 63 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 26 | |
| 15 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 88.6 to 91.6 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.18 to 0.25 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.2 to 1.9 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 96.2 to 97.6 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 1.9 to 2.6 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.4 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 5.1 to 6.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |