EN 1.0234 Steel vs. 242.0 Aluminum
EN 1.0234 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 242.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 EN 1.0234 steel and the bottom bar is 242.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 100 to 140 | |
| 70 to 110 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 73 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 29 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 270 | |
| 55 to 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 27 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 260 to 300 | |
| 150 to 240 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 480 | |
| 180 to 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 410 | |
| 120 to 220 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 530 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 870 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 53 | |
| 130 to 170 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 22 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 33 to 44 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 96 to 130 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 1130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 36 to 130 | |
| 1.3 to 3.4 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 440 | |
| 110 to 340 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 45 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 17 | |
| 16 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 23 to 32 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 50 to 62 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 15 | |
| 8.0 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 88.4 to 93.6 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.13 to 0.17 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.02 to 99.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.35 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.7 to 2.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |