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S46910 Stainless Steel vs. 5383 Aluminum

S46910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 5383 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 5383 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270 to 630
85 to 110
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
68
Elongation at Break, % 2.2 to 11
6.7 to 15
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250 to 1020
130 to 200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
26
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 1410
190 to 220
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 2470
310 to 370
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 2290
150 to 310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
390
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 540
65
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 810
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
540
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
9.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 55
160
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
1170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 48 to 130
23 to 40
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 4780
170 to 690
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 86
32 to 38
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 51
38 to 42
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 84
14 to 16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.5
92 to 95.3
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 13
0 to 0.25
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.5
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 76
0 to 0.25
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
4.0 to 5.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.7 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 5.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.5 to 1.2
0 to 0.15
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.4
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15

Comparable Variants