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B443.0 Aluminum vs. AISI 334 Stainless Steel

B443.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 334 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 334 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 43
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.9
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 55
150
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Shear Strength, MPa 110
360
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 150
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 50
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 470
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 620
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 600
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
22
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 1130
170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 5.6
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 18
96
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 52
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
19
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 6.8
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 91.9 to 95.5
0.15 to 0.6
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.15
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.8
55.7 to 62.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.35
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
19 to 21
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 4.5 to 6.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0.15 to 0.6
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.35
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0