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S44735 Stainless Steel vs. 6463 Aluminum

S44735 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 6463 aluminum belongs to the aluminum 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 S44735 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 6463 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
42 to 74
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
68
Elongation at Break, % 21
9.0 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300
45 to 76
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 82
26
Shear Strength, MPa 390
86 to 150
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
140 to 230
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 460
82 to 200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
660
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
620
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
1190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
17 to 25
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 520
50 to 300
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
14 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
22 to 31
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
6.3 to 10

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
97.9 to 99.4
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 30
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 60.7 to 68.4
0 to 0.15
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.45 to 0.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.050
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
0.2 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.2 to 1.0
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.050
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15