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S32550 Stainless Steel vs. 6463 Aluminum

S32550 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 6463 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 31 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 S32550 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 6463 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260
42 to 74
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
68
Elongation at Break, % 21
9.0 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 400
45 to 76
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
26
Shear Strength, MPa 540
86 to 150
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860
140 to 230
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 620
82 to 200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
660
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
620
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
190 to 210
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
50 to 55
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
170 to 180

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
1190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 160
17 to 25
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 940
50 to 300
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31
14 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
22 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
79 to 86
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23
6.3 to 10

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
97.9 to 99.4
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 27
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 2.5
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 57.2 to 67
0 to 0.15
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.45 to 0.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.050
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.9 to 3.9
0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 6.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.2 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.050
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15