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S32906 Stainless Steel vs. 6082 Aluminum

S32906 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 6082 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 S32906 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 6082 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
40 to 95
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
69
Elongation at Break, % 28
6.3 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 460
55 to 130
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
26
Shear Strength, MPa 550
84 to 220
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 850
140 to 340
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 620
85 to 320

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
580
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
160
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
42
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
140

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.7
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
1170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
19 to 43
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 950
52 to 710
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
14 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
21 to 40
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.6
67
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23
6.0 to 15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
95.2 to 98.3
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 30
0 to 0.25
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.8
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 56.6 to 63.6
0 to 0.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.6 to 1.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0.8 to 1.5
0.4 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 2.6
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.8 to 7.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.3 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0.7 to 1.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.1
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15