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S41050 Stainless Steel vs. 201.0 Aluminum

S41050 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 201.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 S41050 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 201.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
95 to 140
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
71
Elongation at Break, % 25
4.4 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 160
120 to 150
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
27
Shear Strength, MPa 300
290
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 470
370 to 470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
220 to 400

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 720
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
870
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 27
120
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
19

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
30 to 33
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
87 to 97

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
38
Density, g/cm3 7.8
3.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
8.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 98
19 to 63
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140
330 to 1160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
45
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
33 to 42
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
37 to 44
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.2
45
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
19 to 25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
92.1 to 95.1
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0
Chromium (Cr), % 10.5 to 12.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
4.0 to 5.2
Iron (Fe), % 84.2 to 88.9
0 to 0.15
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.15 to 0.55
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.2 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0.6 to 1.1
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.1
Silver (Ag), % 0
0.4 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.35
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.1