MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

A360.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.1147 Steel

A360.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.1147 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 A360.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.1147 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 75
110 to 140
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 72
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.6 to 5.0
12 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 82 to 150
180 to 250
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
73
Shear Strength, MPa 180
280
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 180 to 320
390 to 470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 170 to 260
280 to 370

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 530
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 680
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 590
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 110
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 30
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 100
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
1.8
Density, g/cm3 2.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 1070
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 4.6 to 13
40 to 73
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190 to 470
210 to 370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 53
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 34
14 to 17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 39
15 to 17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 48
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.5 to 15
12 to 15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 85.8 to 90.6
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.15 to 0.19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.6
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.3
98.3 to 99.25
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.4 to 0.6
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.35
0.6 to 0.9
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 9.0 to 10
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.025
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.15
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.5
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.25
0