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EN 1.3549 Stainless Steel vs. 4006 Aluminum

EN 1.3549 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 4006 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 EN 1.3549 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 4006 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
28 to 45
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
69
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730
110 to 160

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
620
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 21
220
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
56
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
180

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
9.0
Density, g/cm3 7.7
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
8.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
1180

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
11 to 16
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
19 to 24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 5.6
89
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26
4.9 to 7.0

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
97.4 to 98.7
Carbon (C), % 0.85 to 1.0
0
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0 to 0.2
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 77.5 to 82
0.5 to 0.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.010
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.050
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.9 to 1.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.8 to 1.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.070 to 0.12
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.050
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15