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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. 6013 Aluminum

EN 1.3956 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 6013 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 25 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 EN 1.3956 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, % 27
3.4 to 22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
98 to 140
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
310 to 410
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
170 to 350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
580
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
1170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
13 to 58
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
200 to 900
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
49
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
31 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
37 to 44
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
14 to 18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
94.8 to 97.8
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.6 to 1.1
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
0 to 0.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0.2 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
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
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15