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771.0 Aluminum vs. S32906 Stainless Steel

771.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S32906 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 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 771.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is S32906 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 85 to 120
270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
210
Elongation at Break, % 1.7 to 6.5
28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 92 to 180
460
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
81
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 250 to 370
850
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210 to 350
620

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 380
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 630
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 620
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140 to 150
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 27
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 82
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
20
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
3.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
52
Embodied Water, L/kg 1130
190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 4.4 to 20
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 310 to 900
950
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 35
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29 to 39
26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 54 to 58
3.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 16
23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.5 to 92.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0.060 to 0.2
28 to 30
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.15
56.6 to 63.6
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.8 to 1.0
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0.8 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 2.6
Nickel (Ni), % 0
5.8 to 7.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.3 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.1 to 0.2
0
Zinc (Zn), % 6.5 to 7.5
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0