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B535.0 Aluminum vs. S44401 Stainless Steel

B535.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S44401 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 B535.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is S44401 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 66
200
Elongation at Break, % 10
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 62
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 25
78
Shear Strength, MPa 210
300
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 260
480
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 130
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
930
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 630
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 550
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 910
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 96
22
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 25
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 24
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 82
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
12
Density, g/cm3 2.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.4
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
40
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 22
90
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130
230
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 35
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 40
5.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 91.7 to 93.4
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.025
Chromium (Cr), % 0
17.5 to 19.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.15
75.1 to 80.6
Magnesium (Mg), % 6.5 to 7.5
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.8 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.035
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.15
0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.1 to 0.25
0.2 to 0.8
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0