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SAE-AISI 1086 Steel vs. 518.0 Aluminum

SAE-AISI 1086 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 518.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 1086 steel and the bottom bar is 518.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220 to 260
80
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
67
Elongation at Break, % 11
5.0
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300 to 360
140
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
25
Shear Strength, MPa 450 to 520
200
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 760 to 870
310
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 480 to 580
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 240
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
560
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 50
98
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.0
24
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
81

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
9.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 45
1160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 79 to 84
14
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 610 to 890
270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 31
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 26
38
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
40
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26 to 30
14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
88.1 to 92.5
Carbon (C), % 0.8 to 0.93
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 98.5 to 98.9
0 to 1.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
7.5 to 8.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.5
0 to 0.35
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.15
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.15
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.15
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.25