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1070A Aluminum vs. S30601 Stainless Steel

1070A aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S30601 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 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 1070A aluminum and the bottom bar is S30601 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 18 to 40
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
190
Elongation at Break, % 2.3 to 33
37
Fatigue Strength, MPa 17 to 51
250
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
75
Shear Strength, MPa 44 to 81
450
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 68 to 140
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 17 to 120
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
370
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1360
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 640
1310
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
500
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.0
20
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.2
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 1200
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 3.0 to 18
200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 2.1 to 100
230
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 7.0 to 14
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14 to 22
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 3.1 to 6.3
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 99.7 to 100
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 0
17 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.35
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
56.9 to 60.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.030
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.030
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
17 to 18
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.050
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.2
5.0 to 5.6
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.013
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.030
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.070
0