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2025 Aluminum vs. SAE-AISI 6150 Steel

2025 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 6150 steel belongs to the iron alloys. 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 2025 aluminum and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 6150 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 110
200 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 72
190
Elongation at Break, % 15
15 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
300 to 750
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
73
Shear Strength, MPa 240
400 to 730
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 400
630 to 1200
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260
420 to 1160

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 520
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 150
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
12 to 13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 40
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 120
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
2.3
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.9
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 1130
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 55
130 to 180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 450
460 to 3590
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 37
22 to 43
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40
21 to 32
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 58
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
20 to 38

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.9 to 95.2
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.48 to 0.53
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
0.8 to 1.1
Copper (Cu), % 3.9 to 5.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.0
96.7 to 97.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 1.2
0.7 to 0.9
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 1.2
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.040
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.15 to 0.3
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0