MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

A390.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.3566 Steel

A390.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.3566 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 A390.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.3566 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 110 to 140
150 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 75
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 28
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 190 to 290
490 to 1380

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 640
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 580
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 480
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
45
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 20
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 20
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 67
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
2.5
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.3
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 950
52

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 52
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 30
17 to 49
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 36
17 to 35
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 56
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.0 to 14
14 to 40

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 75.3 to 79.6
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0
0.12 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0.9 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 4.0 to 5.0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
96.8 to 98.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.45 to 0.65
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.25
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.0020
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 16 to 18
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.2
0