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336.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.5508 Steel

336.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.5508 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 1.5508 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 110 to 130
130 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 75
190
Elongation at Break, % 0.5
11 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 80 to 93
210 to 320
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 28
73
Shear Strength, MPa 190 to 250
300 to 360
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 250 to 320
420 to 1460
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 300
310 to 490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 570
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 210
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 570
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 540
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 890
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 19
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 29
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 95
8.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
1.9
Density, g/cm3 2.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.9
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 1010
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 1.1 to 1.6
44 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250 to 580
260 to 640
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 32
15 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32 to 38
16 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 48
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 16
12 to 43

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 79.1 to 85.8
0
Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0
0.2 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.5
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.2
97.9 to 99.199
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.7 to 1.3
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.35
0.6 to 0.9
Nickel (Ni), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 11 to 13
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.35
0