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ASTM Grade HC Steel vs. EN AC-43500 Aluminum

ASTM grade HC steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN AC-43500 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 29 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 ASTM grade HC steel and the bottom bar is EN AC-43500 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
72
Elongation at Break, % 6.0
4.5 to 13
Fatigue Strength, MPa 96
62 to 100
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
27
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 430
220 to 300
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
140 to 170

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
550
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
600
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
590
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
140
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
22

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
38
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
130

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.6
2.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
7.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 40
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
1070

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 21
12 to 26
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 95
130 to 200
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
16
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
54
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16
24 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16
32 to 39
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.5
60
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
10 to 14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
86.4 to 90.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.5
0
Chromium (Cr), % 26 to 30
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.050
Iron (Fe), % 61.9 to 74
0 to 0.25
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.1 to 0.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.4 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 4.0
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 2.0
9.0 to 11.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.040
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.070
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15