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S35500 Stainless Steel vs. 2124 Aluminum

S35500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 2124 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 2124 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
71
Elongation at Break, % 14
5.7
Fatigue Strength, MPa 690 to 730
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
27
Shear Strength, MPa 810 to 910
280
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1330 to 1490
490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1200 to 1280
430

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
500
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
880
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
23

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
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
1150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180 to 190
27
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 3610 to 4100
1290
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
46
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 47 to 53
45
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 34 to 37
46
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
58
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 49
21

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
91.3 to 94.7
Carbon (C), % 0.1 to 0.15
0
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 16
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0
3.8 to 4.9
Iron (Fe), % 73.2 to 77.7
0 to 0.3
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
1.2 to 1.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.3
0.3 to 0.9
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 to 0.2
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