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1060 Aluminum vs. N08028 Stainless Steel

1060 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while N08028 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 N08028 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 30
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 15 to 50
220
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
80
Shear Strength, MPa 42 to 75
400
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 67 to 130
570
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 17 to 110
240

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 660
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 650
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 230
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
37
Density, g/cm3 2.7
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
6.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
89
Embodied Water, L/kg 1200
240

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 0.57 to 37
210
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 2.1 to 89
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 6.9 to 13
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14 to 21
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 96
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 3.0 to 5.6
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 99.6 to 100
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
26 to 28
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0.6 to 1.4
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.35
29 to 40.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.030
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 2.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
30 to 34
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 1.0
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