8011A Aluminum vs. EN 1.0456 Steel
8011A aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.0456 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 8011A aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.0456 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 25 to 50 | |
120 to 130 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 1.7 to 28 | |
24 to 26 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 33 to 76 | |
210 to 220 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
73 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 100 to 180 | |
420 to 450 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 34 to 170 | |
290 to 300 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 630 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 210 | |
48 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
12 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 56 | |
7.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 180 | |
8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
2.2 |
Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
1.5 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
20 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 1180 | |
49 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 3.0 to 22 | |
93 to 99 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 8.2 to 200 | |
220 to 230 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 18 | |
15 to 16 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 26 | |
16 to 17 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 86 | |
13 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 4.6 to 8.1 | |
13 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 97.5 to 99.1 | |
0.020 to 0.060 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.35 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
96.7 to 99.48 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0.5 to 1.4 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.035 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
0 |