MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.0503 Steel vs. 2030 Aluminum

EN 1.0503 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 2030 aluminum belongs to the aluminum 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 EN 1.0503 steel and the bottom bar is 2030 aluminum.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
70
Elongation at Break, % 16
5.6 to 8.0
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
91 to 110
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
26
Shear Strength, MPa 380
220 to 250
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
370 to 420
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
240 to 270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
510
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
870
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 48
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.2
34
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.3
99

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
10
Density, g/cm3 7.8
3.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
8.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
1140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 83
21 to 26
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 260
390 to 530
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
45
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
33 to 38
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
37 to 40
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
50
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
16 to 19

Alloy Composition


Deprecated: Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /home/public/compare.php on line 460
Aluminum (Al), % 0
88.9 to 95.2
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0 to 0.2
Carbon (C), % 0.42 to 0.5
0
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0
3.3 to 4.5
Iron (Fe), % 97.3 to 99.08
0 to 0.7
Lead (Pb), % 0
0.8 to 1.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.5 to 1.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.8
0.2 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.1
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.045
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.5
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.3