8090 Aluminum vs. SAE-AISI 4620 Steel
8090 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 4620 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 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 8090 aluminum and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4620 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 67 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.5 to 13 | |
| 16 to 27 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 91 to 140 | |
| 260 to 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 25 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 490 | |
| 490 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 420 | |
| 350 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 660 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 600 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 960 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 95 to 160 | |
| 47 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 20 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 66 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 3.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.6 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 170 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1160 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 16 to 41 | |
| 100 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 340 to 1330 | |
| 330 to 800 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 34 to 49 | |
| 17 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 50 | |
| 18 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 36 to 60 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 22 | |
| 15 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 93 to 98.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.17 to 0.22 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.0 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 96.4 to 97.4 |
| Lithium (Li), % | 2.2 to 2.7 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.6 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.7 to 2.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.040 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |