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356.0 Aluminum vs. N08800 Stainless Steel

356.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while N08800 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 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 N08800 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Elongation at Break, % 2.0 to 3.8
4.5 to 34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 55 to 75
150 to 390
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
77
Shear Strength, MPa 140 to 190
340 to 580
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 160 to 240
500 to 1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 100 to 190
190 to 830

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 500
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 620
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 570
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 150 to 170
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 40 to 43
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 140 to 150
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
30
Density, g/cm3 2.6
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
5.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
76
Embodied Water, L/kg 1110
200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 3.2 to 8.2
42 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 70 to 250
96 to 1740
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 53
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17 to 26
18 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 33
18 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 64 to 71
3.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 7.6 to 11
13 to 25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.1 to 93.3
0.15 to 0.6
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0
19 to 23
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.75
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.6
39.5 to 50.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.2 to 0.45
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.35
0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
30 to 35
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 6.5 to 7.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0.15 to 0.6
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.35
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0