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EN AC-21000 Aluminum vs. S32101 Stainless Steel

EN AC-21000 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S32101 stainless steel belongs to the iron 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 EN AC-21000 aluminum and the bottom bar is S32101 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 100
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
200
Elongation at Break, % 6.7
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 100
400
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 340
740
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 240
500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 670
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 550
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 34
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 100
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
12
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
38
Embodied Water, L/kg 1150
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 21
230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 390
640
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36
24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 49
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93.4 to 95.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.040
Chromium (Cr), % 0
21 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 4.2 to 5.0
0.1 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.35
67.3 to 73.3
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.050
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.15 to 0.35
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.1 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.050
1.4 to 1.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.050
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.1
0