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520.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.6553 Steel

520.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.6553 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 520.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.6553 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 75
210 to 240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 66
190
Elongation at Break, % 14
19 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 55
330 to 460
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 25
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 330
710 to 800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 170
470 to 670

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 600
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 480
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 910
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 87
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 25
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 21
7.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 72
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
2.7
Density, g/cm3 2.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.8
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 1170
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 39
130 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 230
600 to 1190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 52
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35
25 to 28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 41
23 to 24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 37
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
21 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 87.9 to 90.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.23 to 0.28
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0.4 to 0.8
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.3
95.6 to 98.2
Magnesium (Mg), % 9.5 to 10.6
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.15
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0.4 to 0.8
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.030
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.15
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0