355.0 Aluminum vs. AISI 440C Stainless Steel
355.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 440C stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 355.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 440C stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.5 to 2.6 | |
| 2.0 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 55 to 70 | |
| 260 to 840 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 150 to 240 | |
| 430 to 1120 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 to 260 | |
| 710 to 1970 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 to 190 | |
| 450 to 1900 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 470 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 620 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 560 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 890 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 150 to 170 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 38 to 43 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 120 to 140 | |
| 2.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1120 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.7 to 5.9 | |
| 39 to 88 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 26 to 71 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 23 to 46 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 60 to 69 | |
| 6.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.1 to 12 | |
| 26 to 71 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 90.3 to 94.1 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 78 to 83.1 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 4.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |