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B443.0 Aluminum vs. AISI 316L Stainless Steel

B443.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 316L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 B443.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 316L stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 43
170 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.9
9.0 to 50
Fatigue Strength, MPa 55
170 to 450
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
78
Shear Strength, MPa 110
370 to 690
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 150
530 to 1160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 50
190 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 470
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 620
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 600
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 150
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 38
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 130
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
19
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 1130
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 5.6
77 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 18
93 to 1880
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 52
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15
19 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
18 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 61
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 6.8
12 to 25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 91.9 to 95.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.15
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.8
62 to 72
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.35
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
10 to 14
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 4.5 to 6.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.35
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0