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S35500 Stainless Steel vs. A356.0 Aluminum

S35500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while A356.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 A356.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
70
Elongation at Break, % 14
3.0 to 6.0
Fatigue Strength, MPa 690 to 730
50 to 90
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1330 to 1490
160 to 270
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1200 to 1280
83 to 200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
500
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
610
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
21

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
40
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
140

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.5
8.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
1110

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180 to 190
4.8 to 15
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 3610 to 4100
49 to 300
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
53
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 47 to 53
17 to 29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 34 to 37
25 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
64
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 49
7.6 to 13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
91.1 to 93.3
Carbon (C), % 0.1 to 0.15
0
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 16
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 73.2 to 77.7
0 to 0.2
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.25 to 0.45
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.3
0 to 0.1
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
6.5 to 7.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15

Comparable Variants