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EN AC-44400 Aluminum vs. EN 1.1221 Steel

EN AC-44400 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.1221 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 AC-44400 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.1221 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 61
210 to 250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
190
Elongation at Break, % 4.1
10 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 79
240 to 340
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 210
730 to 870
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 110
390 to 550

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 540
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 600
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 590
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140
48
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 33
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 110
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
2.1
Density, g/cm3 2.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.8
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 1080
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 7.3
67 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 85
410 to 800
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 54
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
26 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 31
23 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 60
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.8
23 to 28

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 87.1 to 92
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.57 to 0.65
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0 to 0.4
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.65
97.1 to 98.8
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.050
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.1
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 8.0 to 11
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.035
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.050
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.15
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0