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S21904 Stainless Steel vs. 7049 Aluminum

S21904 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 7049 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 7049 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 300
140
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
70
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 51
6.2 to 7.0
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 550
160 to 170
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
27
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 620
300 to 310
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700 to 1000
510 to 530
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390 to 910
420 to 450

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
370
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
480
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
860
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
23

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
10
Density, g/cm3 7.7
3.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
8.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
1110

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 160 to 310
31 to 34
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 2070
1270 to 1440
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
45
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 36
46 to 47
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 29
46 to 47
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.8
51
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 21
22 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
85.7 to 89.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21.5
0.1 to 0.22
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.2 to 1.9
Iron (Fe), % 59.5 to 67.4
0 to 0.35
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
2.0 to 2.9
Manganese (Mn), % 8.0 to 10
0 to 0.2
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 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.1
Zinc (Zn), % 0
7.2 to 8.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15