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EN 1.4659 Stainless Steel vs. 6110 Aluminum

EN 1.4659 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 6110 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 1.4659 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 6110 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
70
Elongation at Break, % 49
2.2
Fatigue Strength, MPa 460
120
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
26
Shear Strength, MPa 640
290
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
500
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 480
500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
600
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
170
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
42
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
140

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 37
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.2
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.5
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 89
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 220
1170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 370
11
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 550
1770
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31
51
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
51
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
67
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
22

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
94.4 to 98.4
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 25
0.040 to 0.25
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 2.0
0.2 to 0.7
Iron (Fe), % 35.7 to 45.7
0 to 0.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.5 to 1.1
Manganese (Mn), % 2.0 to 4.0
0.2 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 5.5 to 6.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 21 to 23
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.35 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0.7 to 1.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.15
Tungsten (W), % 1.5 to 2.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.3
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15