SAE-AISI 12L14 Steel vs. 6162 Aluminum
SAE-AISI 12L14 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 6162 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 12L14 steel and the bottom bar is 6162 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 25 | |
| 6.7 to 9.1 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 290 | |
| 100 to 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 370 | |
| 170 to 180 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 440 to 620 | |
| 290 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 460 | |
| 260 to 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 190 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 50 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 170 |
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 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 1180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 64 to 93 | |
| 19 to 26 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 560 | |
| 510 to 550 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 22 | |
| 29 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 20 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 79 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 96.7 to 98.9 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.9 to 98.7 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.85 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.040 to 0.090 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.26 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |