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S31727 Stainless Steel vs. 333.0 Aluminum

S31727 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 333.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 27 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 S31727 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 333.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
90 to 110
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
73
Elongation at Break, % 40
1.0 to 2.0
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
83 to 100
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
28
Shear Strength, MPa 430
190 to 230
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
230 to 280
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
130 to 210

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
520
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1010
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
590
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
530
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
880
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
21

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
10
Density, g/cm3 8.0
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.7
7.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 64
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
1040

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200
2.1 to 4.6
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190
120 to 290
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
49
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
22 to 27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
29 to 34
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
11 to 13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
81.8 to 89
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19
0
Copper (Cu), % 2.8 to 4.0
3.0 to 4.0
Iron (Fe), % 53.7 to 61.3
0 to 1.0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.050 to 0.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.8 to 4.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 14.5 to 16.5
0 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.21
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
8.0 to 10
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.25
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 1.0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5