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1050 Aluminum vs. AISI 201LN Stainless Steel

1050 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 201LN stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 1050 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 201LN stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.6 to 37
25 to 51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 31 to 57
340 to 540
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Shear Strength, MPa 52 to 81
530 to 680
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 76 to 140
740 to 1060
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 25 to 120
350 to 770

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 650
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 230
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 61
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 200
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
12
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
38
Embodied Water, L/kg 1200
140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 5.4 to 22
230 to 310
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 4.6 to 110
310 to 1520
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 7.8 to 14
27 to 38
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 22
24 to 30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 94
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 3.4 to 6.2
16 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 99.5 to 100
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
16 to 17.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
67.9 to 73.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.050
6.4 to 7.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.1 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.030
0
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.050
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.050
0

Comparable Variants