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EN AC-45000 Aluminum vs. S36200 Stainless Steel

EN AC-45000 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S36200 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 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 EN AC-45000 aluminum and the bottom bar is S36200 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 73
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.1
3.4 to 4.6
Fatigue Strength, MPa 75
450 to 570
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 180
1180 to 1410
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 110
960 to 1240

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 470
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
820
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 520
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 27
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 81
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
12
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.7
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
40
Embodied Water, L/kg 1070
120

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 1.7
46 to 51
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 80
2380 to 3930
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 47
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
42 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
32 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 47
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.0
40 to 48

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 82.2 to 91.8
0 to 0.1
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.15
14 to 14.5
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 5.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.0
75.4 to 79.5
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.3
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.55
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.65
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.45
6.5 to 7.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 5.0 to 7.0
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.15
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0.6 to 0.9
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 2.0
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.35
0