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6182 Aluminum vs. AISI 304 Stainless Steel

6182 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 304 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 6182 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 304 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Elongation at Break, % 6.8 to 13
8.0 to 43
Fatigue Strength, MPa 63 to 99
210 to 440
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Shear Strength, MPa 140 to 190
400 to 690
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 230 to 320
580 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 130 to 270
230 to 860

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 410
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
710
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 600
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 160
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 40
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 130
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
15
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.4
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 1170
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 21 to 26
86 to 250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110 to 520
140 to 1870
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 32
21 to 42
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 30 to 38
20 to 32
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 65
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 10 to 14
12 to 25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 95 to 97.9
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.25
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
66.5 to 74
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.7 to 1.2
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
8.0 to 10.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0.9 to 1.3
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.1
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.2
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0.050 to 0.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0