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5652 Aluminum vs. EN 1.5026 Steel

5652 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.5026 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 5652 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.5026 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 47 to 77
200 to 480
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 190 to 290
660 to 1980

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 610
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140
47
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 35
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 120
8.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
1.9
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.6
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 1190
46

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20 to 30
24 to 71
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 36
22 to 45
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 57
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.4 to 13
20 to 60

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 95.8 to 97.7
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.52 to 0.6
Chromium (Cr), % 0.15 to 0.35
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.040
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
96.5 to 97.3
Magnesium (Mg), % 2.2 to 2.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.010
0.6 to 0.9
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
1.6 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.025
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants