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EN 1.6522 Steel vs. EN AC-43300 Aluminum

EN 1.6522 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN AC-43300 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 25 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 1.6522 steel and the bottom bar is EN AC-43300 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150 to 190
91 to 94
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
71
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
27
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500 to 1460
280 to 290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
540
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
600
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
590
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
910
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 39
140
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
22

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.3
40
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.4
140

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.6
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
7.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 51
1080

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
54
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 52
31 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 36
37 to 38
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 10
59
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 43
13 to 14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.050
88.9 to 90.8
Carbon (C), % 0.17 to 0.23
0
Chromium (Cr), % 0.35 to 0.7
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.050
Iron (Fe), % 96.6 to 98.5
0 to 0.19
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.25 to 0.45
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 1.0
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.25
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.4 to 0.7
0
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.0020
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
9.0 to 10
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.15
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.070
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.1