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S44735 Stainless Steel vs. 6261 Aluminum

S44735 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 6261 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 S44735 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 6261 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
69
Elongation at Break, % 21
9.0 to 16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300
60 to 120
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 82
26
Shear Strength, MPa 390
90 to 180
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
150 to 300
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 460
100 to 260

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
610
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 21
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.4
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
21 to 27
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 520
77 to 500
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
15 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
23 to 37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
6.5 to 13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
96.6 to 98.6
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 30
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.15 to 0.4
Iron (Fe), % 60.7 to 68.4
0 to 0.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.7 to 1.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.2 to 0.35
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.6 to 4.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 1.0
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.2 to 1.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.045
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.4 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.2 to 1.0
0 to 0.1
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15