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6025 Aluminum vs. EN 1.6554 Steel

6025 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.6554 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 6025 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.6554 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
190
Elongation at Break, % 2.8 to 10
17 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 67 to 110
380 to 520
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 190 to 240
780 to 930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 68 to 210
550 to 790

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 410
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 160
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 550
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 33
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 110
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
3.4
Density, g/cm3 2.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.5
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 1160
53

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 6.0 to 15
140 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 33 to 310
810 to 1650
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 24
27 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 31
24 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 54
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.2 to 10
23 to 27

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 91.7 to 96.3
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.23 to 0.28
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.2
0.7 to 0.9
Copper (Cu), % 0.2 to 0.7
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
94.6 to 97.3
Magnesium (Mg), % 2.1 to 3.0
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 1.4
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0
1.0 to 2.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0.8 to 1.5
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.030
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.5
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants