201.0 Aluminum vs. AISI 310HCb Stainless Steel
201.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 310HCb stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 201.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 310HCb stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 95 to 140 | |
190 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 4.4 to 20 | |
46 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 to 150 | |
210 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
78 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 290 | |
410 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 470 | |
590 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 400 | |
230 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
300 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
1100 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
1410 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 570 | |
1370 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 870 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
15 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
16 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 30 to 33 | |
2.1 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 87 to 97 | |
2.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
28 |
Density, g/cm3 | 3.1 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.7 | |
4.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
69 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 19 to 63 | |
210 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 330 to 1160 | |
130 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 45 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 42 | |
21 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 37 to 44 | |
20 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 45 | |
3.9 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 25 | |
13 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 92.1 to 95.1 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
0.040 to 0.1 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
24 to 26 |
Copper (Cu), % | 4.0 to 5.2 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
48 to 57 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.15 to 0.55 | |
0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
19 to 22 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
0 to 1.1 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.045 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.75 |
Silver (Ag), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
0 |
Residuals, % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |