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332.0 Aluminum vs. S44735 Stainless Steel

332.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S44735 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 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 332.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is S44735 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 110
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 73
210
Elongation at Break, % 1.0
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 90
300
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
82
Shear Strength, MPa 190
390
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 250
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
460

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 530
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 580
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 530
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
21
Density, g/cm3 2.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.8
4.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
61
Embodied Water, L/kg 1040
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 2.3
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250
520
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 31
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 80.1 to 89
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
28 to 30
Copper (Cu), % 2.0 to 4.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.2
60.7 to 68.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.5 to 1.5
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.6 to 4.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.2 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.045
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 8.5 to 10.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0.2 to 1.0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 1.0
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.5
0