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SAE-AISI 52100 Steel vs. 7020 Aluminum

SAE-AISI 52100 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 7020 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. 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 SAE-AISI 52100 steel and the bottom bar is 7020 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180 to 210
45 to 100
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
70
Elongation at Break, % 10 to 20
8.4 to 14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250 to 340
110 to 130
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
26
Shear Strength, MPa 370 to 420
110 to 230
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 2010
190 to 390
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 360 to 560
120 to 310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
380
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 430
210
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
610
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
880
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 47
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12 to 13
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.3
39
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.5
120

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.4
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 51
1150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 54 to 310
23 to 46
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 350 to 840
110 to 690
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
47
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 72
18 to 37
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 45
25 to 41
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
59
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19 to 61
8.3 to 17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
91.2 to 94.8
Carbon (C), % 0.93 to 1.1
0
Chromium (Cr), % 1.4 to 1.6
0.1 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 96.5 to 97.3
0 to 0.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
1.0 to 1.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0.25 to 0.45
0.050 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.25
Zinc (Zn), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0.080 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15

Comparable Variants