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S31727 Stainless Steel vs. 6101 Aluminum

S31727 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 6101 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (18, 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 S31727 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 6101 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
68
Elongation at Break, % 40
10 to 25
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
26

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1010
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
620
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.0
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.7
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 64
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
1190

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
50

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
97.6 to 99.4
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.060
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19
0 to 0.030
Copper (Cu), % 2.8 to 4.0
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 53.7 to 61.3
0 to 0.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.35 to 0.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.030
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.8 to 4.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 14.5 to 16.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.21
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.3 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.1