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S35500 Stainless Steel vs. 2017 Aluminum

S35500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 2017 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 S35500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 2017 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
71
Elongation at Break, % 14
12 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 690 to 730
90 to 130
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
27
Shear Strength, MPa 810 to 910
130 to 260
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1330 to 1490
190 to 430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1200 to 1280
76 to 260

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
510
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
880
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
38
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
110

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
10
Density, g/cm3 7.8
3.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.5
8.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
1140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180 to 190
24 to 66
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 3610 to 4100
41 to 470
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
46
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 47 to 53
17 to 40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 34 to 37
24 to 42
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
56
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 49
7.9 to 18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
91.6 to 95.5
Carbon (C), % 0.1 to 0.15
0
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 16
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0
3.5 to 4.5
Iron (Fe), % 73.2 to 77.7
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.4 to 0.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.3
0.4 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.0 to 5.0
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.070 to 0.13
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0.2 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.15
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15

Comparable Variants