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EN 1.3551 Steel vs. 5010 Aluminum

EN 1.3551 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 5010 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 1.3551 steel and the bottom bar is 5010 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
27 to 62
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
69
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720
100 to 210

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 530
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1490
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
630
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 36
200
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 8.6
45
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 9.9
150

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.0
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.9
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 71
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 82
1190

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
10 to 22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
18 to 29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 9.8
82
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
4.5 to 9.4

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
97.1 to 99.7
Carbon (C), % 0.77 to 0.85
0
Chromium (Cr), % 3.9 to 4.3
0 to 0.15
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 88.8 to 91.1
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.2 to 0.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 0.35
0.1 to 0.3
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.0 to 4.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.1
Tungsten (W), % 0 to 0.25
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.9 to 1.1
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.3
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15