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EN 1.7703 Steel vs. 4015 Aluminum

EN 1.7703 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 4015 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 1.7703 steel and the bottom bar is 4015 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 210
35 to 70
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
70
Elongation at Break, % 20
1.1 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 320 to 340
46 to 71
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
26
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 430
82 to 120
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 670 to 690
130 to 220
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 460 to 500
50 to 200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 460
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1470
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
600
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 39
160
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.6
41
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.7
130

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 4.2
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
8.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 35
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 61
1160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120 to 130
2.4 to 24
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 570 to 650
18 to 290
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
13 to 22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
21 to 30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
66
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19 to 20
5.7 to 9.7

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
94.9 to 97.9
Carbon (C), % 0.11 to 0.15
0
Chromium (Cr), % 2.0 to 2.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 94.6 to 96.4
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.1 to 0.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.6
0.6 to 1.2
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.9 to 1.1
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.25
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.070
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.012
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
1.4 to 2.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.030
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.25 to 0.35
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15