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6018 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4959 Stainless Steel

6018 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4959 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 6018 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4959 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 69
200
Elongation at Break, % 9.0 to 9.1
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 85 to 89
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Shear Strength, MPa 170 to 180
430
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 290 to 300
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 230
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 160
1090
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 570
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 890
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 170
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 44
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 140
2.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
31
Density, g/cm3 2.9
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.2
5.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
76
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 24 to 25
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 360 to 380
96
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 48
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 29
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 34 to 35
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 65
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93.1 to 97.8
0.25 to 0.65
Bismuth (Bi), % 0.4 to 0.7
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.050 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
19 to 22
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0.15 to 0.4
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
39.4 to 50.5
Lead (Pb), % 0.4 to 1.2
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.6 to 1.2
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.8
0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
30 to 34
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 1.2
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0.25 to 0.65
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.3
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0