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A390.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.8823 Steel

A390.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.8823 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 1.8823 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 110 to 140
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 75
190
Elongation at Break, % 0.87 to 0.91
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 70 to 100
270
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 28
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 190 to 290
530
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 290
360

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 640
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
410
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
47
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 20
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 20
7.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 67
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
2.4
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.3
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 950
49

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 1.6 to 2.6
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 240 to 580
360
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 52
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 30
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 36
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 56
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.0 to 14
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 75.3 to 79.6
0.015 to 0.034
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.16
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 4.0 to 5.0
0 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
95.6 to 99.985
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.45 to 0.65
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.13
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.55
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.017
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 16 to 18
0 to 0.55
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.060
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.12
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.2
0