333.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.7221 Steel
333.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.7221 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 333.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.7221 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 90 to 110 | |
| 200 to 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 83 to 100 | |
| 290 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 28 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 230 to 280 | |
| 650 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 to 210 | |
| 430 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 520 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 590 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 530 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 880 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 100 to 140 | |
| 44 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 to 35 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 83 to 110 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.6 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1040 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.1 to 4.6 | |
| 83 to 98 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 290 | |
| 490 to 1050 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 49 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 27 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 34 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 42 to 57 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 13 | |
| 19 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 81.8 to 89 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.22 to 0.29 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 96.8 to 98.3 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.050 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |