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S21904 Stainless Steel vs. 7003 Aluminum

S21904 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 7003 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 7003 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
70
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 51
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 550
130 to 150
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
26
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 620
210 to 230
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700 to 1000
350 to 390
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390 to 910
300 to 310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
380
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
630
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
510
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
870
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
36
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
110

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
2.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
8.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
1140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 160 to 310
37 to 41
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 2070
630 to 710
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
47
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 36
33 to 37
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 29
37 to 40
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.8
59
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 21
15 to 17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
90.6 to 94.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21.5
0 to 0.2
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 59.5 to 67.4
0 to 0.35
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.5 to 1.0
Manganese (Mn), % 8.0 to 10
0 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 7.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0
5.0 to 6.5
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0.050 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15