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EN 1.4594 Stainless Steel vs. 6360 Aluminum

EN 1.4594 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 6360 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 1.4594 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 6360 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
68
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 17
9.0 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 490 to 620
31 to 67
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
26
Shear Strength, MPa 620 to 700
76 to 130
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1020 to 1170
120 to 220
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 810 to 1140
57 to 170

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 820
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
630
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
210
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
54
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
180

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 45
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
1190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
14 to 19
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1660 to 3320
24 to 210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36 to 41
13 to 23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29 to 31
20 to 30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
86
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 34 to 39
5.5 to 9.9

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
97.8 to 99.3
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0
Chromium (Cr), % 13 to 15
0 to 0.050
Copper (Cu), % 1.2 to 2.0
0 to 0.15
Iron (Fe), % 72.6 to 79.5
0.1 to 0.3
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.25 to 0.45
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.020 to 0.15
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.2 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 6.0
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.15 to 0.6
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0.35 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.1
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15