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EN AC-46400 Aluminum vs. EN 1.7362 Steel

EN AC-46400 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.7362 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-46400 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.7362 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 77 to 120
150 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 72
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 1.7
21 to 22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 75 to 85
140 to 250
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
74
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 170 to 310
510 to 600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 110 to 270
200 to 360

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 520
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
510
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 610
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 570
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 890
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 33
8.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 110
9.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
4.5
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.8
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 1070
69

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 1.7 to 4.9
90 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 82 to 500
100 to 340
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 52
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 32
18 to 21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 38
18 to 20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 55
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 7.8 to 14
14 to 17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 85.4 to 90.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.1 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0
4.0 to 6.0
Copper (Cu), % 0.8 to 1.3
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.8
91.5 to 95.2
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.1
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.25 to 0.65
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 0.55
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.45 to 0.65
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.012
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 8.3 to 9.7
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.8
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.25
0