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6066 Aluminum vs. SAE-AISI H42 Steel

6066 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while SAE-AISI H42 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, 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 6066 aluminum and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI H42 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 160 to 400
700 to 1980

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 410
260
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 560
1570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 890
440
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 150
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
24
Density, g/cm3 2.8
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
8.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
130
Embodied Water, L/kg 1160
98

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 49
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16 to 39
23 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 43
21 to 42
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 61
6.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 6.9 to 17
20 to 57

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93 to 97
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.55 to 0.7
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.4
3.8 to 4.5
Copper (Cu), % 0.7 to 1.2
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
79.3 to 83.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.8 to 1.4
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 1.1
0.15 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
4.5 to 5.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0.9 to 1.8
0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
5.5 to 6.8
Vanadium (V), % 0
1.8 to 2.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants