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EN AC-71100 Aluminum vs. EN 1.5522 Steel

EN AC-71100 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.5522 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 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 AC-71100 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.5522 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 110
140 to 190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 72
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.1
11 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150
210 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 260
450 to 1490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
300 to 520

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 490
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 580
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 520
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 860
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 32
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 97
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
1.9
Density, g/cm3 2.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.4
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 1010
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 2.8
45 to 250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 360
250 to 720
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 47
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
16 to 53
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 31
17 to 37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
13 to 44

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 78.7 to 83.3
0
Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0
0.2 to 0.24
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.3
98 to 98.9
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.2 to 0.5
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.15
0.9 to 1.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 7.5 to 9.5
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0
Zinc (Zn), % 9.0 to 10.5
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0