MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

1060 Aluminum vs. AISI 317 Stainless Steel

1060 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 317 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 1060 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 317 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 30
35 to 55
Fatigue Strength, MPa 15 to 50
250 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
79
Shear Strength, MPa 42 to 75
420 to 470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 67 to 130
580 to 710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 17 to 110
250 to 420

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
590
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 660
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 650
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 230
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 62
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 210
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
21
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
4.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 1200
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 0.57 to 37
210 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 2.1 to 89
150 to 430
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 6.9 to 13
20 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14 to 21
20 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 96
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 3.0 to 5.6
12 to 15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 99.6 to 100
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.35
58 to 68
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.030
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
11 to 15
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.030
0
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.050
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.050
0