S13800 Stainless Steel vs. 6105 Aluminum
S13800 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 6105 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 S13800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 6105 aluminum.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
68 |
Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 18 | |
9.0 to 16 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 870 | |
95 to 130 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.33 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
26 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 610 to 1030 | |
120 to 170 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 980 to 1730 | |
190 to 280 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 to 1580 | |
120 to 270 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
410 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
160 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
650 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
600 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
900 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
180 to 190 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
23 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
46 to 50 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
150 to 170 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
9.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
2.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
8.3 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
150 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
1180 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 190 | |
25 to 27 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1090 to 5490 | |
100 to 550 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
51 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 61 | |
20 to 29 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 41 | |
28 to 35 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
72 to 79 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 58 | |
8.6 to 12 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0.9 to 1.4 | |
97.2 to 99 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 12.3 to 13.2 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Iron (Fe), % | 73.6 to 77.3 | |
0 to 0.35 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
0.45 to 0.8 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0.6 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0080 | |
0 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.15 |