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7010 Aluminum vs. AISI 446 Stainless Steel

7010 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 446 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 7010 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 446 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Elongation at Break, % 3.9 to 6.8
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 160 to 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
79
Shear Strength, MPa 300 to 340
360
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 520 to 590
570
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 410 to 540
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 380
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
1180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 630
1510
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 480
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 860
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 150
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 40
1.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 120
2.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
12
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
35
Embodied Water, L/kg 1120
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 22 to 33
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1230 to 2130
230
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 45
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 47 to 54
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 47 to 52
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 58
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22 to 26
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 87.9 to 90.6
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.050
23 to 27
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 2.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.15
69.2 to 77
Magnesium (Mg), % 2.1 to 2.6
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.75
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.12
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.060
0
Zinc (Zn), % 5.7 to 6.7
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0.1 to 0.16
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0