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EN 1.3553 Steel vs. EN AC-42000 Aluminum

EN 1.3553 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN AC-42000 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 EN AC-42000 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
59 to 91
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
70
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720
170 to 270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
500
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 540
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1620
610
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1570
600
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 440
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 24
160
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
22

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 10
38
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 11
130

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.4
2.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.5
8.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 96
1110

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
53
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
18 to 28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
26 to 35
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.4
66
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
7.9 to 12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
89.9 to 93.3
Carbon (C), % 0.78 to 0.86
0
Chromium (Cr), % 3.9 to 4.3
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 80.7 to 83.7
0 to 0.55
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.15
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.2 to 0.65
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.35
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.7 to 5.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.15
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
6.5 to 7.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.050
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.25
Tungsten (W), % 6.0 to 6.7
0
Vanadium (V), % 1.7 to 2.0
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.15
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15