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S35500 Stainless Steel vs. 6016 Aluminum

S35500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 6016 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 S35500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 6016 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
69
Elongation at Break, % 14
11 to 27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 690 to 730
68 to 89
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
26
Shear Strength, MPa 810 to 910
130 to 170
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1330 to 1490
200 to 280
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1200 to 1280
110 to 210

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
660
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
610
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
190 to 210
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
23

Electrical Properties

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

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.5
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180 to 190
29 to 47
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 3610 to 4100
82 to 340
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 47 to 53
21 to 29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 34 to 37
29 to 35
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
77 to 86
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 49
9.1 to 12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
96.4 to 98.8
Carbon (C), % 0.1 to 0.15
0
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 16
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 73.2 to 77.7
0 to 0.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.25 to 0.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.3
0 to 0.2
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.0 to 5.0
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.070 to 0.13
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
1.0 to 1.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.15
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15

Comparable Variants