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6023 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4547 Stainless Steel

6023 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4547 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 6023 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4547 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 69
200
Elongation at Break, % 11
39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120 to 130
290
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
80
Shear Strength, MPa 210 to 220
510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 360
750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300 to 310
340

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 160
1090
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 580
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 890
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 170
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 45
2.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 140
2.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
28
Density, g/cm3 2.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
5.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
75
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 38 to 39
240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 670 to 690
290
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 49
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35 to 36
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 67
3.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 94 to 97.7
0
Bismuth (Bi), % 0.3 to 0.8
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 0
19.5 to 20.5
Copper (Cu), % 0.2 to 0.5
0.5 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
51 to 56.3
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.4 to 0.9
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.6
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
6.0 to 7.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
17.5 to 18.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.18 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0.6 to 1.4
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Tin (Sn), % 0.6 to 1.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0