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443.0 Aluminum vs. AISI 304L Stainless Steel

443.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 304L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 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 443.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 304L stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 41
160 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
200
Elongation at Break, % 5.6
6.7 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 55
170 to 430
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
77
Shear Strength, MPa 96
370 to 680
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 150
540 to 1160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 65
190 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 470
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
540
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 630
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 580
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 150
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 38
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 130
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
16
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 1120
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 6.9
71 to 240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 30
92 to 1900
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 52
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16
19 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
19 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 61
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 6.9
12 to 25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.7 to 95.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.25
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.6
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.8
65 to 74
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
8.0 to 12
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 4.5 to 6.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.5
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.35
0