EN 1.5501 Steel vs. 5252 Aluminum
EN 1.5501 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 5252 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 1.5501 steel and the bottom bar is 5252 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 120 to 150 | |
| 68 to 75 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 17 | |
| 4.5 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 270 | |
| 100 to 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 25 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 270 to 310 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 510 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 420 | |
| 170 to 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 610 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 910 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 140 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 34 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 120 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 1190 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 40 to 83 | |
| 12 to 23 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 460 | |
| 210 to 430 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 18 | |
| 23 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 31 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 57 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 15 | |
| 10 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 96.6 to 97.8 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.13 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 99.269 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 2.2 to 2.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |