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S64512 Stainless Steel vs. 444.0 Aluminum

S64512 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 444.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 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 S64512 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 444.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 330
50
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
71
Elongation at Break, % 17
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 540
51
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
27
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1140
190
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 890
83

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
500
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 750
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
610
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
600
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 28
160
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
22

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.6
40
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 4.1
140

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.3
7.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 110
1110

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180
39
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 2020
49
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
53
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 40
20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 31
28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.5
67
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 42
8.8

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
90.5 to 93.5
Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.15
0
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 80.6 to 84.7
0 to 0.6
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.9
0 to 0.35
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.010 to 0.050
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.35
6.5 to 7.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.25
Vanadium (V), % 0.25 to 0.4
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.35
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15