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EN 1.1061 Steel vs. 6082 Aluminum

EN 1.1061 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 6082 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 1.1061 steel and the bottom bar is 6082 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150 to 180
40 to 95
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
69
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530 to 1810
140 to 340

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
580
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
160
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
42
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
140

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
1170

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 64
14 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 42
21 to 40
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
67
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 58
6.0 to 15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
95.2 to 98.3
Carbon (C), % 0.42 to 0.5
0
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0 to 0.25
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 98.1 to 99.06
0 to 0.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.6 to 1.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.8
0.4 to 1.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0.7 to 1.3
Sulfur (S), % 0.020 to 0.035
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.1
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15