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C443.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.5508 Steel

C443.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.5508 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 C443.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.5508 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 65
130 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
190
Elongation at Break, % 9.0
11 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
210 to 320
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
73
Shear Strength, MPa 130
300 to 360
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 230
420 to 1460
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 100
310 to 490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 470
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 630
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 600
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 37
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 120
8.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
1.9
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.9
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 1120
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 17
44 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 70
260 to 640
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
15 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 31
16 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 58
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 10
12 to 43

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 89.6 to 95.5
0
Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0
0.2 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.6
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 2.0
97.9 to 99.199
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.1
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), % 4.5 to 6.0
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