EN 1.3961 Alloy vs. 6018 Aluminum
EN 1.3961 alloy belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 6018 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 24 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 1.3961 alloy and the bottom bar is 6018 aluminum.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
69 |
Elongation at Break, % | 31 | |
9.0 to 9.1 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
0.33 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
26 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 300 | |
170 to 180 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 | |
290 to 300 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
220 to 230 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
640 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
570 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
890 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 1.3 | |
23 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
10 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
2.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
8.2 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 66 | |
150 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
1180 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
24 to 25 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 | |
360 to 380 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
48 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
28 to 29 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
34 to 35 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 130 | |
13 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
93.1 to 97.8 |
Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
0.4 to 0.7 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0.15 to 0.4 |
Iron (Fe), % | 60.7 to 65 | |
0 to 0.7 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
0.4 to 1.2 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
0.6 to 1.2 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0.3 to 0.8 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 35 to 37 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0.5 to 1.2 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.15 |