MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN AC-21100 Aluminum vs. ASTM A372 Grade L Steel

EN AC-21100 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while ASTM A372 grade L steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 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 AC-21100 aluminum and the bottom bar is ASTM A372 grade L steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 100 to 110
350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
190
Elongation at Break, % 6.2 to 7.3
14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 79 to 87
670
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 340 to 350
1160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210 to 240
1040

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 670
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 550
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
44
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 34
7.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 100
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
3.5
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 1150
54

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19 to 21
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 300 to 400
2890
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31 to 33
41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36 to 37
31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 48
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
34

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93.4 to 95.7
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.38 to 0.43
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0.7 to 0.9
Copper (Cu), % 4.2 to 5.2
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.19
95.2 to 96.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.55
0.6 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0
1.7 to 2.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.18
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.070
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.1
0