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EN 1.7386 Steel vs. 1060 Aluminum

EN 1.7386 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 1060 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 1.7386 steel and the bottom bar is 1060 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
68
Elongation at Break, % 18 to 21
1.1 to 30
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 290
15 to 50
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
26
Shear Strength, MPa 340 to 410
42 to 75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 550 to 670
67 to 130
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 240 to 440
17 to 110

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 600
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
660
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
650
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 26
230
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 9.0
62
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 10
210

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 6.5
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
160
Embodied Water, L/kg 88
1200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 92 to 110
0.57 to 37
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150 to 490
2.1 to 89
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20 to 24
6.9 to 13
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 22
14 to 21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.9
96
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 18
3.0 to 5.6

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.040
99.6 to 100
Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.15
0
Chromium (Cr), % 8.0 to 10
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.050
Iron (Fe), % 86.8 to 90.5
0 to 0.35
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.030
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.6
0 to 0.030
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.9 to 1.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0
Silicon (Si), % 0.25 to 1.0
0 to 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.050
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.050

Comparable Variants