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336.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.3518 Steel

336.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.3518 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 336.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.3518 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 110 to 130
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 75
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 28
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 250 to 320
630

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 570
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 210
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 570
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 540
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 890
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
43
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 19
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 29
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 95
8.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
2.4
Density, g/cm3 2.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.9
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 1010
51

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 32
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32 to 38
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 48
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 16
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 79.1 to 85.8
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0
0.93 to 1.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0.9 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.5
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.2
96.3 to 97.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.7 to 1.3
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.35
0.9 to 1.2
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.0015
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 11 to 13
0.45 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.35
0