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EN AC-21100 Aluminum vs. EN 1.7386 Steel

EN AC-21100 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.7386 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 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 AC-21100 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.7386 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 100 to 110
170 to 200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
190
Elongation at Break, % 6.2 to 7.3
18 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 79 to 87
170 to 290
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 340 to 350
550 to 670
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210 to 240
240 to 440

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
600
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 670
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 550
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
26
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 34
9.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 100
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
6.5
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 1150
88

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19 to 21
92 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 300 to 400
150 to 490
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31 to 33
20 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36 to 37
19 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 48
6.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
15 to 18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93.4 to 95.7
0 to 0.040
Carbon (C), % 0
0.080 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0
8.0 to 10
Copper (Cu), % 4.2 to 5.2
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.19
86.8 to 90.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.55
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.9 to 1.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.18
0.25 to 1.0
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