SAE-AISI 1017 Steel vs. 6151 Aluminum
SAE-AISI 1017 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 6151 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 SAE-AISI 1017 steel and the bottom bar is 6151 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 69 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 30 | |
| 1.1 to 5.7 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 270 | |
| 80 to 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 290 | |
| 190 to 200 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 420 to 460 | |
| 330 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 390 | |
| 270 to 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 53 | |
| 170 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 6.9 | |
| 45 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.9 | |
| 150 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 1180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 to 110 | |
| 3.5 to 18 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 400 | |
| 520 to 580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 17 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 70 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 14 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 95.6 to 98.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.11 to 99.55 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |