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EN 1.7231 Steel vs. 7475 Aluminum

EN 1.7231 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 7475 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 1.7231 steel and the bottom bar is 7475 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
70
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 12
10 to 12
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360 to 500
190 to 210
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 790 to 930
530 to 590
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 570 to 800
440 to 520

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
380
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
480
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
870
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 46
140 to 160
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.3
33 to 42
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.4
98 to 120

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.5
10
Density, g/cm3 7.8
3.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 51
1130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 87 to 100
53 to 68
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 870 to 1700
1390 to 1920
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
46
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 33
49 to 55
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 27
48 to 52
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
53 to 63
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 27
23 to 26

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
88.6 to 91.6
Carbon (C), % 0.38 to 0.45
0
Chromium (Cr), % 0.8 to 1.2
0.18 to 0.25
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.2 to 1.9
Iron (Fe), % 96.4 to 98.1
0 to 0.12
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
1.9 to 2.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 1.0
0 to 0.060
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.6
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.060
Zinc (Zn), % 0
5.1 to 6.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15

Comparable Variants