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S82441 Stainless Steel vs. 6162 Aluminum

S82441 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 6162 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 S82441 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 6162 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
68
Elongation at Break, % 28
6.7 to 9.1
Fatigue Strength, MPa 400
100 to 130
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
26
Shear Strength, MPa 490
170 to 180
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 760
290 to 300
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 550
260 to 270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1090
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
620
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
190
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
50
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
170

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 45
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
19 to 26
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 740
510 to 550
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
29 to 30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
79
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
96.7 to 98.9
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 25
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0.1 to 0.8
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 70.2
0 to 0.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.7 to 1.1
Manganese (Mn), % 2.5 to 4.0
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.0 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.0 to 4.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0.4 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.1
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15