6063A Aluminum vs. EN 1.4415 Stainless Steel
6063A aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4415 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 6063A aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4415 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.7 to 18 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 53 to 80 | |
| 470 to 510 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 78 to 150 | |
| 520 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 130 to 260 | |
| 830 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 55 to 200 | |
| 730 to 840 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 620 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 200 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 49 to 54 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 160 to 180 | |
| 2.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.3 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1190 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 to 21 | |
| 150 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 22 to 280 | |
| 1350 to 1790 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 26 | |
| 29 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 33 | |
| 25 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 83 | |
| 5.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 5.6 to 11 | |
| 30 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 97.5 to 99 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 75.9 to 82.4 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 4.5 to 6.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |