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A390.0 Aluminum vs. S32101 Stainless Steel

A390.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S32101 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 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 A390.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is S32101 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 110 to 140
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 75
200
Elongation at Break, % 0.87 to 0.91
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 70 to 100
400
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 28
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 190 to 290
740
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 290
500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 640
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 580
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 480
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 20
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 20
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 67
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
12
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.3
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
38
Embodied Water, L/kg 950
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 1.6 to 2.6
230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 240 to 580
640
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 52
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 30
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 36
24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 56
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.0 to 14
20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 75.3 to 79.6
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.040
Chromium (Cr), % 0
21 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 4.0 to 5.0
0.1 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
67.3 to 73.3
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.45 to 0.65
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.1 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 0
1.4 to 1.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 16 to 18
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.2
0