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AISI 303 Stainless Steel vs. EN AC-51500 Aluminum

AISI 303 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN AC-51500 aluminum belongs to the aluminum 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 AISI 303 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN AC-51500 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 210
80
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
68
Elongation at Break, % 40 to 51
5.6
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230 to 360
120
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 690
280
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 420
160

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
430
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 930
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
630
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
590
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
910
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
120
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
26
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.8
88

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
9.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
1150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240
13
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 440
190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
52
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 25
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 22
36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
49
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 15
13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
89.8 to 93.1
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.050
Iron (Fe), % 67.3 to 74.9
0 to 0.25
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
4.7 to 6.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.2
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
1.8 to 2.6
Sulfur (S), % 0.15 to 0.35
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.25
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.070
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15