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S64512 Stainless Steel vs. 705.0 Aluminum

S64512 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 705.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 S64512 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 705.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 330
62 to 65
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
69
Elongation at Break, % 17
8.4 to 10
Fatigue Strength, MPa 540
63 to 98
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1140
240 to 260
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 890
130

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 750
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
610
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
890
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 28
140
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.6
34
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 4.1
110

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.3
8.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 110
1170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180
18 to 20
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 2020
120 to 130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
49
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 40
24 to 26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 31
31 to 32
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.5
55
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 42
11

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
92.3 to 98.6
Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.15
0
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0 to 0.4
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 80.6 to 84.7
0 to 0.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
1.4 to 1.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.9
0 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.010 to 0.050
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.35
0 to 0.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.25
Vanadium (V), % 0.25 to 0.4
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 3.3
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15