356.0 Aluminum vs. AISI 440A Stainless Steel
356.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 440A stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 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 356.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 440A stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 3.8 | |
5.0 to 20 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 55 to 75 | |
270 to 790 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 140 to 190 | |
450 to 1040 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 to 240 | |
730 to 1790 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 100 to 190 | |
420 to 1650 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 500 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
760 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 620 | |
1480 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 570 | |
1370 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 150 to 170 | |
23 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
10 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 40 to 43 | |
2.5 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 140 to 150 | |
2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
9.0 |
Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
2.2 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
31 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 1110 | |
120 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 3.2 to 8.2 | |
87 to 120 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 53 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 26 | |
26 to 65 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 33 | |
23 to 43 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 64 to 71 | |
6.2 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.6 to 11 | |
26 to 65 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 90.1 to 93.3 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
0.6 to 0.75 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
16 to 18 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
78.4 to 83.4 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.75 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
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 |