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EN 1.0511 Steel vs. 7076 Aluminum

EN 1.0511 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 7076 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. 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 1.0511 steel and the bottom bar is 7076 aluminum.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
70
Elongation at Break, % 17
6.2
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
27
Shear Strength, MPa 370
310
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590
530
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
460

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
380
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
630
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
460
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
860
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 48
140
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.2
35
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.3
100

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
3.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
8.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
1110

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 84
31
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 230
1510
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
45
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
49
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
48
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
54
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
86.9 to 91.2
Carbon (C), % 0.37 to 0.44
0
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.4
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.3 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 97.4 to 99.13
0 to 0.6
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
1.2 to 2.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.8
0.3 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.1
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.045
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0
7.0 to 8.0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15