EN 1.6368 Steel vs. EQ21A Magnesium
EN 1.6368 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EQ21A magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 1.6368 steel and the bottom bar is EQ21A magnesium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 210 | |
| 80 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 44 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 2.4 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 330 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 17 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 430 | |
| 150 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 690 | |
| 250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 490 | |
| 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 340 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 980 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 27 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.5 | |
| 25 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
| 120 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.4 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 210 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 5.6 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 580 to 650 | |
| 410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 63 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 37 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 47 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 62 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.015 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.17 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0.050 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.1 to 97.2 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 93.9 to 96.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.25 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.015 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.25 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Unspecified Rare Earths, % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |