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AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. 5110A Aluminum

AISI 316 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 5110A aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 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 AISI 316 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 5110A aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
68
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 55
4.5 to 28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 430
37 to 77
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
26
Shear Strength, MPa 350 to 690
66 to 110
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 520 to 1180
100 to 190
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 850
32 to 170

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 590
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
640
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
220
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
57
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
190

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
1190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 85 to 260
6.8 to 22
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 1820
7.6 to 200
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 41
10 to 19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 31
18 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
91
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 26
4.5 to 8.4

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
98.5 to 99.8
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 72
0 to 0.25
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.2 to 0.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.2
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 14
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.15
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.030
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.1

Comparable Variants