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EN 1.3553 Steel vs. 5083 Aluminum

EN 1.3553 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 (9, 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 1.3553 steel and the bottom bar is 5083 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
75 to 110
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
68
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720
290 to 390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 540
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1620
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1570
580
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 440
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 24
120
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 10
29
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 11
96

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.4
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.5
8.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 96
1170

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
29 to 40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
36 to 44
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.4
48
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
12 to 17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
92.4 to 95.6
Carbon (C), % 0.78 to 0.86
0
Chromium (Cr), % 3.9 to 4.3
0.050 to 0.25
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 80.7 to 83.7
0 to 0.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
4.0 to 4.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.4
0.4 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.7 to 5.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.15
Tungsten (W), % 6.0 to 6.7
0
Vanadium (V), % 1.7 to 2.0
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15