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S39274 Stainless Steel vs. 6023 Aluminum

S39274 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 6023 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 S39274 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 6023 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
69
Elongation at Break, % 17
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380
120 to 130
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
26
Shear Strength, MPa 560
210 to 220
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
360
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 620
300 to 310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
580
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
890
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
170
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
45
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.4
140

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
11
Density, g/cm3 8.0
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.3
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 60
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
38 to 39
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 940
670 to 690
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
49
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
35 to 36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
40
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
67
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
94 to 97.7
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0.3 to 0.8
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
0
Copper (Cu), % 0.2 to 0.8
0.2 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 57 to 65.6
0 to 0.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.4 to 0.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.2 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.24 to 0.32
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.8
0.6 to 1.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0.6 to 1.2
Tungsten (W), % 1.5 to 2.5
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15