AZ91E Magnesium vs. EN 1.4006 Stainless Steel
AZ91E magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys classification, while EN 1.4006 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 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 AZ91E magnesium and the bottom bar is EN 1.4006 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 46 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.5 to 6.2 | |
| 16 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 81 to 85 | |
| 150 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 18 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 89 to 150 | |
| 370 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 to 260 | |
| 590 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 96 to 130 | |
| 230 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 600 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 500 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 990 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 84 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 27 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 10 to 12 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 52 to 60 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 22 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 990 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 3.4 to 12 | |
| 99 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 190 | |
| 140 to 660 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 69 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 42 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 37 to 53 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 49 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.0 to 15 | |
| 21 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 8.1 to 9.3 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 83.1 to 88.4 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 88.8 to 91.3 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.17 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |