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EN AC-21100 Aluminum vs. EN 1.7729 Steel

EN AC-21100 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.7729 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 1.7729 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 100 to 110
270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
190
Elongation at Break, % 6.2 to 7.3
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 79 to 87
500
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 340 to 350
910
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210 to 240
750

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 670
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 550
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 34
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 100
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
3.8
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
3.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
49
Embodied Water, L/kg 1150
59

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19 to 21
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 300 to 400
1500
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31 to 33
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36 to 37
27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 48
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
27

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93.4 to 95.7
0.015 to 0.080
Arsenic (As), % 0
0 to 0.020
Boron (B), % 0
0.0010 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0
0.17 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0.9 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 4.2 to 5.2
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.19
94.8 to 97
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.55
0.35 to 0.75
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.9 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.18
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.3
0.070 to 0.15
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.6 to 0.8
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.070
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.1
0