MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

5154 Aluminum vs. EN 1.7003 Steel

5154 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.7003 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 5154 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.7003 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 240 to 360
520 to 1780

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 590
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 32
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 110
8.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
2.0
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
48

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 37
18 to 63
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32 to 42
18 to 42
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 52
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 10 to 16
15 to 53

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 94.4 to 96.8
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.35 to 0.42
Chromium (Cr), % 0.15 to 0.35
0.4 to 0.6
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
97.7 to 98.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 3.1 to 3.9
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0.5 to 0.8
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.035
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0