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SAE-AISI M1 Steel vs. 1060 Aluminum

SAE-AISI M1 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 1060 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, 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 M1 steel and the bottom bar is 1060 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
68
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730 to 2140
67 to 130

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1560
660
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1510
650
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 29
230
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.1
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.0
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 99
160
Embodied Water, L/kg 98
1200

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 73
6.9 to 13
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 45
14 to 21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.0
96
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 66
3.0 to 5.6

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
99.6 to 100
Carbon (C), % 0.78 to 0.88
0
Chromium (Cr), % 3.5 to 4.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.050
Iron (Fe), % 81 to 84.8
0 to 0.35
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.030
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 0.4
0 to 0.030
Molybdenum (Mo), % 8.2 to 9.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0.2 to 0.5
0 to 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 1.4 to 2.1
0
Vanadium (V), % 1.0 to 1.4
0 to 0.050
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.050

Comparable Variants