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S21460 Stainless Steel vs. 2117 Aluminum

S21460 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 2117 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 S21460 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 2117 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
70
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
71
Elongation at Break, % 46
26
Fatigue Strength, MPa 390
95
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
27
Shear Strength, MPa 580
200
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830
300
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
170

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 920
220
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1330
550
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
880
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
10
Density, g/cm3 7.6
3.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
1150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
64
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460
190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
47
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
33
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
91 to 97.6
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0
2.2 to 4.5
Iron (Fe), % 57.3 to 63.7
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.2 to 1.0
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 16
0.4 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 6.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.35 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.2 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.25
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15