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S44735 Stainless Steel vs. 7475 Aluminum

S44735 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 7475 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 S44735 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 7475 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
70
Elongation at Break, % 21
10 to 12
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300
190 to 210
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 82
26
Shear Strength, MPa 390
320 to 350
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
530 to 590
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 460
440 to 520

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
380
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
480
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
870
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 21
10
Density, g/cm3 7.7
3.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.4
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
1130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
53 to 68
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 520
1390 to 1920
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
46
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
49 to 55
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
48 to 52
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
23 to 26

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
88.6 to 91.6
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 30
0.18 to 0.25
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.2 to 1.9
Iron (Fe), % 60.7 to 68.4
0 to 0.12
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
1.9 to 2.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.060
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.6 to 4.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 1.0
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.2 to 1.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.045
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.2 to 1.0
0 to 0.060
Zinc (Zn), % 0
5.1 to 6.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15