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EN AC-51500 Aluminum vs. EN 1.8874 Steel

EN AC-51500 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.8874 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-51500 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.8874 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 80
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
190
Elongation at Break, % 5.6
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 280
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 160
500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 430
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 630
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 590
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 910
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 26
7.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 88
8.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
3.2
Density, g/cm3 2.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.0
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 1150
52

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 13
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190
670
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 52
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 49
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 89.8 to 93.1
0
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
93.6 to 100
Magnesium (Mg), % 4.7 to 6.0
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.8
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 1.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 1.8 to 2.6
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.080
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.070
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0