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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. 6013 Aluminum

AISI 205 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 6013 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 26 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 AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 6013 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
69
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 51
3.4 to 22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 640
98 to 140
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
26
Shear Strength, MPa 560 to 850
190 to 240
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 1430
310 to 410
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 1100
170 to 350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
580
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.6
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
1170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 430
13 to 58
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 3060
200 to 900
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
49
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 52
31 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
37 to 44
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
14 to 18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
94.8 to 97.8
Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.25
0
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.6 to 1.1
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.1
0 to 0.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
0.2 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 1.7
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.32 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.6 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.1
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15