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EN 1.3553 Steel vs. EN AC-43000 Aluminum

EN 1.3553 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN AC-43000 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-43000 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
60 to 94
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
71
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
27
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720
180 to 270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
540
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 540
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1620
600
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1570
590
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 440
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 24
140
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
7.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 96
1070

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
54
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
20 to 29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
28 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.4
60
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
8.6 to 12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
87 to 90.8
Carbon (C), % 0.78 to 0.86
0
Chromium (Cr), % 3.9 to 4.3
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.050
Iron (Fe), % 80.7 to 83.7
0 to 0.55
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.2 to 0.45
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.45
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.7 to 5.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.050
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
9.0 to 11
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.050
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 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15