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EN AC-44500 Aluminum vs. SAE-AISI 1137 Steel

EN AC-44500 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1137 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 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 AC-44500 aluminum and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1137 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 68
200 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 72
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.1
11 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 110
250 to 400
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 270
700 to 760
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 160
370 to 650

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 570
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 590
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 580
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 33
10
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 120
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
1.9
Density, g/cm3 2.5
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.7
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 1050
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 2.6
81 to 100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180
360 to 1130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 16
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 55
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
25 to 27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36
22 to 24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 57
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
21 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 83.7 to 89.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.32 to 0.39
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.0
97.8 to 98.3
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.4
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.55
1.4 to 1.7
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 10.5 to 13.5
0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0.080 to 0.13
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.3
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.25
0