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S17700 Stainless Steel vs. 6061 Aluminum

S17700 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 6061 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 S17700 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 6061 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
69
Elongation at Break, % 1.0 to 23
3.4 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 290 to 560
58 to 110
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
26
Shear Strength, MPa 740 to 940
84 to 210
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1180 to 1650
130 to 410
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 1210
76 to 370

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
580
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
170
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
43
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
140

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 40
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 15 to 210
3.8 to 81
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 3750
42 to 1000
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 42 to 59
13 to 42
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32 to 40
21 to 45
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
68
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 39 to 54
5.7 to 18

Alloy Composition


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Aluminum (Al), % 0.75 to 1.5
95.9 to 98.6
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.090
0
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
0.040 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.15 to 0.4
Iron (Fe), % 70.5 to 76.8
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.15
Nickel (Ni), % 6.5 to 7.8
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.4 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.15
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15

Comparable Variants