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A206.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.8888 Steel

A206.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.8888 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 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 A206.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.8888 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 100 to 110
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
190
Elongation at Break, % 4.2 to 10
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 90 to 180
470
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
73
Shear Strength, MPa 260
510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 390 to 440
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 380
720

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 670
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 550
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 30
8.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 90
9.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
3.7
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 1150
54

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 16 to 37
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 440 to 1000
1370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36 to 41
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 39 to 43
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 48
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 19
24

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93.9 to 95.7
0
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0 to 1.5
Copper (Cu), % 4.2 to 5.0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
91.9 to 100
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.15
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 2.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.050
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.3
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.12
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0