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C355.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.3553 Steel

C355.0 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 (7, 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 C355.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.3553 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 86 to 90
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 290 to 310
720

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 470
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
540
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 620
1620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 570
1570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
440
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 150
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 39
10
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 130
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
24
Density, g/cm3 2.7
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
8.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
130
Embodied Water, L/kg 1120
96

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30 to 32
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36 to 37
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 60
6.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 14
21

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 91.7 to 94.1
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.78 to 0.86
Chromium (Cr), % 0
3.9 to 4.3
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 1.5
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.2
80.7 to 83.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.4 to 0.6
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), % 4.5 to 5.5
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
6.0 to 6.7
Vanadium (V), % 0
1.7 to 2.0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0