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AISI 348 Stainless Steel vs. 224.0 Aluminum

AISI 348 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 224.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 348 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 224.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
71
Elongation at Break, % 41
4.0 to 10
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
86 to 120
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
27
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580
380 to 420
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
280 to 330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
220
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
550
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
870
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
120
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
32
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
95

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
11
Density, g/cm3 7.8
3.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.7
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 54
160
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
1150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
16 to 35
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140
540 to 770
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
45
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
35 to 38
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
38 to 41
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
47
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
17 to 18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
93 to 95.2
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 0.2
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
4.5 to 5.5
Iron (Fe), % 63.8 to 74
0 to 0.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.2 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 9.0 to 13
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 1.0
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.060
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tantalum (Ta), % 0 to 0.1
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.35
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.050 to 0.15
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0.1 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.1