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443.0 Aluminum vs. S45503 Stainless Steel

443.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S45503 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, 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 S45503 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 41
410 to 500
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
190
Elongation at Break, % 5.6
4.6 to 6.8
Fatigue Strength, MPa 55
710 to 800
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
75
Shear Strength, MPa 96
940 to 1070
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 150
1610 to 1850
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 65
1430 to 1700

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 470
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
760
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 630
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 580
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
15
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
48
Embodied Water, L/kg 1120
120

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 6.9
82 to 110
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 52
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16
57 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
39 to 43
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 6.9
56 to 64

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.7 to 95.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.010
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.25
11 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.6
1.5 to 2.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.8
72.4 to 78.9
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
7.5 to 9.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 4.5 to 6.0
0 to 0.2
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
1.0 to 1.4
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.5
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.35
0