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1060 Aluminum vs. AISI 440A Stainless Steel

1060 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 440A stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 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 440A stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 30
5.0 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 15 to 50
270 to 790
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Shear Strength, MPa 42 to 75
450 to 1040
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 67 to 130
730 to 1790
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 17 to 110
420 to 1650

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
760
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 660
1480
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 650
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 230
23
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 62
2.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 210
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
9.0
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 1200
120

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 0.57 to 37
87 to 120
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 6.9 to 13
26 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14 to 21
23 to 43
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 96
6.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 3.0 to 5.6
26 to 65

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 99.6 to 100
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.6 to 0.75
Chromium (Cr), % 0
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.35
78.4 to 83.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.030
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.75
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 1.0
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