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EN 1.5026 Steel vs. 850.0 Aluminum

EN 1.5026 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 850.0 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 1.5026 steel and the bottom bar is 850.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 480
45
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
69
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660 to 1980
140

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
380
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
850
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 47
180
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.3
47
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.5
140

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
14
Density, g/cm3 7.7
3.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
8.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
160
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
1160

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
12
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
44
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 71
12
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 45
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
69
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 60
6.1

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
88.3 to 93.1
Carbon (C), % 0.52 to 0.6
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.7 to 1.3
Iron (Fe), % 96.5 to 97.3
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0.7 to 1.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0
Silicon (Si), % 1.6 to 2.0
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
5.5 to 7.0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.3