6110A Aluminum vs. EN 1.5662 Steel
6110A aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.5662 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 6110A aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.5662 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 18 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 to 210 | |
| 380 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 220 to 280 | |
| 460 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 360 to 470 | |
| 740 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 430 | |
| 550 to 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 600 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 42 | |
| 8.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 140 | |
| 9.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.4 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1170 | |
| 63 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 47 to 58 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 450 to 1300 | |
| 810 to 1150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 36 to 47 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 48 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 21 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 94.8 to 98 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.050 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 88.6 to 91.2 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.7 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.9 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.5 to 10 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.7 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |