MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

6262 Aluminum vs. EN 1.7380 Steel

6262 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.7380 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 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 6262 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.7380 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
190
Elongation at Break, % 4.6 to 10
19 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 90 to 110
200 to 230
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
74
Shear Strength, MPa 170 to 240
330 to 350
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 290 to 390
540 to 550
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 360
290 to 330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 160
460
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 580
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 890
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 170
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 44
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 140
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
3.8
Density, g/cm3 2.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 1190
59

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 17 to 31
87 to 98
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 530 to 940
230 to 280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 48
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 39
19 to 20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 35 to 42
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 69
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 18
15 to 16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 94.7 to 97.8
0
Bismuth (Bi), % 0.4 to 0.7
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.080 to 0.14
Chromium (Cr), % 0.040 to 0.14
2.0 to 2.5
Copper (Cu), % 0.15 to 0.4
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
94.6 to 96.6
Lead (Pb), % 0.4 to 0.7
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.8 to 1.2
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.15
0.4 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.9 to 1.1
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.012
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0.4 to 0.8
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0