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S30601 Stainless Steel vs. EN AC-51500 Aluminum

S30601 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN AC-51500 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 S30601 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN AC-51500 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
80
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
68
Elongation at Break, % 37
5.6
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250
120
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660
280
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
160

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 370
430
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
630
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1310
590
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 500
910
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.6
2.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
9.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 55
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
1150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200
13
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 230
190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
52
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
36
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
89.8 to 93.1
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
0
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 18
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.35
0 to 0.050
Iron (Fe), % 56.9 to 60.5
0 to 0.25
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
4.7 to 6.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.8
0.4 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 17 to 18
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.050
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 5.0 to 5.6
1.8 to 2.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.013
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.25
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.070
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15