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7204 Aluminum vs. S20910 Stainless Steel

7204 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 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 7204 aluminum and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 13
14 to 39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 110 to 130
310 to 460
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
79
Shear Strength, MPa 130 to 220
500 to 570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 220 to 380
780 to 940
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 120 to 310
430 to 810

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 380
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 210
1080
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 520
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 150
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
22
Density, g/cm3 2.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.4
4.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
68
Embodied Water, L/kg 1140
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 25 to 40
120 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110 to 710
460 to 1640
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 47
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 36
28 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28 to 40
24 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 58
3.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.4 to 16
17 to 21

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.5 to 94.8
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
20.5 to 23.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.35
52.1 to 62.1
Magnesium (Mg), % 1.0 to 2.0
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.7
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
11.5 to 13.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.1
0.1 to 0.3
Zinc (Zn), % 4.0 to 5.0
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants