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A360.0 Aluminum vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel

A360.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 316 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 A360.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 75
160 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 72
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.6 to 5.0
8.0 to 55
Fatigue Strength, MPa 82 to 150
210 to 430
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
78
Shear Strength, MPa 180
350 to 690
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 180 to 320
520 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 170 to 260
230 to 850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 530
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
590
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 680
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 590
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 110
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 30
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 100
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
19
Calomel Potential, mV -700
-50
Density, g/cm3 2.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.8
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 1070
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 4.6 to 13
85 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190 to 470
130 to 1820
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 53
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 34
18 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 39
18 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 48
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.5 to 15
11 to 26

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 85.8 to 90.6
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.6
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.3
62 to 72
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.4 to 0.6
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.35
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
10 to 14
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 9.0 to 10
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.15
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.5
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.25
0

Comparable Variants