MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.3961 Alloy vs. 6106 Aluminum

EN 1.3961 alloy belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 6106 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 6106 aluminum.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
69
Elongation at Break, % 31
9.1
Poisson's Ratio 0.3
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
26
Shear Strength, MPa 300
170
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 450
290
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
220

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
660
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
610
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
900
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 1.3
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.2
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 66
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 110
1190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130
24
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250
370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16
35
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 130
13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
97.2 to 99.3
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.2
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 60.7 to 65
0 to 0.35
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.4 to 0.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0.050 to 0.2
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
0.3 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.1
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.15
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15