EN 1.1118 Cast Steel vs. 8021 Aluminum
EN 1.1118 cast steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 8021 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. 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 1.1118 cast steel and the bottom bar is 8021 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 21 | |
| 2.3 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 400 | |
| 61 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 750 | |
| 160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 630 | |
| 130 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 640 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 220 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 56 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 180 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 1180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 97 to 130 | |
| 3.4 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 550 to 1050 | |
| 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 49 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 27 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 88 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 7.0 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 98 to 98.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 98.3 | |
| 1.2 to 1.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |