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2618 Aluminum vs. EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel

2618 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.3956 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 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 2618 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.3956 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
200
Elongation at Break, % 5.8
27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 110
240
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 420
650
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 350
330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 210
1080
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 550
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
22
Density, g/cm3 2.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
4.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
68
Embodied Water, L/kg 1150
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 23
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 850
270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 47
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 40
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 42
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 92.4 to 94.9
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0
20.5 to 23.5
Copper (Cu), % 1.9 to 2.7
0
Iron (Fe), % 0.9 to 1.3
51.9 to 62.1
Magnesium (Mg), % 1.3 to 1.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.9 to 1.2
11.5 to 13.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.1 to 0.25
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.040 to 0.1
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0