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S20910 Stainless Steel vs. 4007 Aluminum

S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 4007 aluminum belongs to the aluminum 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 S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 4007 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230 to 290
32 to 44
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
71
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 39
5.1 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 310 to 460
46 to 88
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
27
Shear Strength, MPa 500 to 570
80 to 90
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780 to 940
130 to 160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 810
50 to 120

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
590
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
890
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
170
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
8.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
1160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120 to 260
7.4 to 23
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 1640
18 to 110
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
49
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 33
12 to 15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 27
20 to 23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.6
67
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 21
5.5 to 6.7

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
94.1 to 97.6
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0.050 to 0.25
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.050
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 52.1 to 62.1
0.4 to 1.0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.2
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0.8 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
0.15 to 0.7
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
1.0 to 1.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.1
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15

Comparable Variants