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EN 1.1061 Steel vs. 5083 Aluminum

EN 1.1061 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 5083 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 1.1061 steel and the bottom bar is 5083 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150 to 180
75 to 110
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
68
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530 to 1810
290 to 390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
580
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
120
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
29
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
96

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
8.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
1170

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 64
29 to 40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 42
36 to 44
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
48
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 58
12 to 17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
92.4 to 95.6
Carbon (C), % 0.42 to 0.5
0
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0.050 to 0.25
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 98.1 to 99.06
0 to 0.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
4.0 to 4.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.8
0.4 to 1.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0.020 to 0.035
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.15
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15