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EN 1.3558 Steel vs. 5252 Aluminum

EN 1.3558 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 5252 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 1.3558 steel and the bottom bar is 5252 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230
68 to 75
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
68
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
25
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770
230 to 290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 240
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 490
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1810
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1760
610
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 410
910
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 20
140
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 13
34
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 12
120

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 45
9.5
Density, g/cm3 9.3
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.4
8.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
160
Embodied Water, L/kg 90
1190

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 12
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 21
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
23 to 30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
31 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 5.3
57
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22
10 to 13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
96.6 to 97.8
Carbon (C), % 0.7 to 0.8
0
Chromium (Cr), % 3.9 to 4.3
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 73.7 to 77.6
0 to 0.1
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
2.2 to 2.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.6
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.080
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Tungsten (W), % 17.5 to 19
0
Vanadium (V), % 1.0 to 1.3
0 to 0.050
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.050
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.1