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EN 1.8880 Steel vs. 5383 Aluminum

EN 1.8880 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 5383 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 1.8880 steel and the bottom bar is 5383 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
85 to 110
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
68
Elongation at Break, % 16
6.7 to 15
Fatigue Strength, MPa 470
130 to 200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
26
Shear Strength, MPa 510
190 to 220
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830
310 to 370
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 720
150 to 310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
540
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 40
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 8.1
29
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 9.3
97

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.7
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
9.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 26
160
Embodied Water, L/kg 54
1170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130
23 to 40
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1370
170 to 690
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
32 to 38
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
38 to 42
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
51
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24
14 to 16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
92 to 95.3
Boron (B), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.2
0
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.25
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 91.9 to 100
0 to 0.25
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
4.0 to 5.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.7
0.7 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.7
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 2.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.060
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.015
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.8
0 to 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.15
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.12
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.4
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15