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EN AC-47000 Aluminum vs. EN 1.8879 Steel

EN AC-47000 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.8879 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-47000 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.8879 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 60
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 73
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.7
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 68
460
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 180
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 97
710

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 570
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 590
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 570
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 33
8.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 110
9.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
3.7
Density, g/cm3 2.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.7
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 1040
54

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 2.5
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 65
1320
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 16
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 54
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 55
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.3
24

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 82.1 to 89.5
0
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.8
91.9 to 100
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.2
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.35
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.050 to 0.55
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 2.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 10.5 to 13.5
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.12
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.55
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15
Residuals, % 0 to 0.25
0