MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

SAE-AISI 5140 Steel vs. 360.0 Aluminum

SAE-AISI 5140 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 360.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum 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 SAE-AISI 5140 steel and the bottom bar is 360.0 aluminum.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 290
75
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
72
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 29
2.5
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 570
140
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
27
Shear Strength, MPa 360 to 600
190
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 560 to 970
300
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290 to 840
170

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
530
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
590
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 45
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
21

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.2
34
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.3
110

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
7.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 49
1070

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 76 to 180
6.4
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220 to 1880
200
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
53
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20 to 34
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 28
38
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
55
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
85.1 to 90.6
Carbon (C), % 0.38 to 0.43
0
Chromium (Cr), % 0.7 to 0.9
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 97.3 to 98.1
0 to 2.0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.4 to 0.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 0.9
0 to 0.35
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
9.0 to 10
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.040
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.15
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.5
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.25