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S46910 Stainless Steel vs. 713.0 Aluminum

S46910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 713.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 713.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270 to 630
74 to 75
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
71
Elongation at Break, % 2.2 to 11
3.9 to 4.3
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250 to 1020
63 to 120
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
27
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 1410
180
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 2470
240 to 260
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 2290
170

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
370
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 810
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
630
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
610
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
860
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
3.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
7.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 55
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
1110

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 48 to 130
8.7 to 9.9
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 4780
210 to 220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
45
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 86
22 to 23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 51
28 to 29
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 84
10 to 11

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.5
87.6 to 92.4
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 13
0 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.5
0.4 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 76
0 to 1.1
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.2 to 0.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 5.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
0 to 0.15
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.5 to 1.2
0 to 0.25
Zinc (Zn), % 0
7.0 to 8.0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.25

Comparable Variants