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S21904 Stainless Steel vs. 4007 Aluminum

S21904 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 4007 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 S21904 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 4007 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 300
32 to 44
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
71
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 51
5.1 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 550
46 to 88
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
27
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 620
80 to 90
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700 to 1000
130 to 160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390 to 910
50 to 120

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
590
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
890
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
170
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
42
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
140

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
8.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
1160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 160 to 310
7.4 to 23
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 2070
18 to 110
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
49
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 36
12 to 15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 29
20 to 23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.8
67
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 21
5.5 to 6.7

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
94.1 to 97.6
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21.5
0.050 to 0.25
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.050
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 59.5 to 67.4
0.4 to 1.0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.2
Manganese (Mn), % 8.0 to 10
0.8 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 7.5
0.15 to 0.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
1.0 to 1.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.1
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15

Comparable Variants