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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. 512.0 Aluminum

AISI 205 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 512.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 512.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 440
50
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
69
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 51
2.0
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 640
58
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 1430
130
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 1100
83

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
630
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
590
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.6
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
8.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
1160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 430
2.3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 3060
50
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 52
14
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
6.1

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
90.6 to 95.1
Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.25
0
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0 to 0.25
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.35
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.1
0 to 0.6
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
3.5 to 4.5
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
0 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 1.7
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.32 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
1.4 to 2.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.25
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.35
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15