EV31A Magnesium vs. S35000 Stainless Steel
EV31A magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys classification, while S35000 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, 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 EV31A magnesium and the bottom bar is S35000 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.5 | |
| 2.3 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 | |
| 380 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 17 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 170 | |
| 740 to 950 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 260 | |
| 1300 to 1570 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 | |
| 660 to 1160 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 590 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 1000 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 86 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 27 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 18 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 90 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.8 | |
| 7.8 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 8.1 | |
| 28 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 330 | |
| 1070 to 3360 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 65 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 40 | |
| 46 to 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 34 to 38 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 47 | |
| 4.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 42 to 51 |