AISI 301 Stainless Steel vs. EV31A Magnesium
AISI 301 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EV31A magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, 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 301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EV31A magnesium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 440 | |
| 70 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 44 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.4 to 46 | |
| 3.5 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 600 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 17 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 860 | |
| 170 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 1460 | |
| 260 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 1080 | |
| 170 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 840 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 1000 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 86 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 27 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 18 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 90 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 1.8 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 99 to 300 | |
| 8.1 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 2970 | |
| 330 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 52 | |
| 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 37 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 47 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 31 | |
| 16 |