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S32101 Stainless Steel vs. EN AC-42100 Aluminum

S32101 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN AC-42100 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 S32101 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN AC-42100 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260
91
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
70
Elongation at Break, % 34
3.4 to 9.0
Fatigue Strength, MPa 400
76 to 82
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740
280 to 290
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 500
210 to 230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
500
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
610
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
600
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
910
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
22

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
41
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
140

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
2.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
8.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 38
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
1110

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 230
9.1 to 23
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 640
300 to 370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
53
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
30 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
37 to 38
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
66
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
91.3 to 93.3
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0
Chromium (Cr), % 21 to 22
0
Copper (Cu), % 0.1 to 0.8
0 to 0.050
Iron (Fe), % 67.3 to 73.3
0 to 0.19
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.25 to 0.45
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.1 to 0.8
0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.4 to 1.7
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
6.5 to 7.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.25
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.070
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.1