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A206.0 Aluminum vs. S46910 Stainless Steel

A206.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S46910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 A206.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 100 to 110
270 to 630
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.2 to 10
2.2 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 90 to 180
250 to 1020
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
76
Shear Strength, MPa 260
410 to 1410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 390 to 440
680 to 2470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 380
450 to 2290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
810
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 670
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 550
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
18
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 1150
140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 16 to 37
48 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 440 to 1000
510 to 4780
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36 to 41
24 to 86
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 39 to 43
22 to 51
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 19
23 to 84

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93.9 to 95.7
0.15 to 0.5
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
11 to 13
Copper (Cu), % 4.2 to 5.0
1.5 to 3.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
65 to 76
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.15
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.050
8.0 to 10
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.050
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.3
0.5 to 1.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants