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2011 Aluminum vs. S35500 Stainless Steel

2011 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S35500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 2011 aluminum and the bottom bar is S35500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
200
Elongation at Break, % 8.5 to 18
14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 74 to 120
690 to 730
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
78
Shear Strength, MPa 190 to 250
810 to 910
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 310 to 420
1330 to 1490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 140 to 310
1200 to 1280

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 540
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140 to 170
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 35 to 45
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 100 to 130
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
16
Density, g/cm3 3.1
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.9
3.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 1150
130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 29 to 52
180 to 190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 680
3610 to 4100
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 44
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 37
47 to 53
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32 to 40
34 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 51 to 64
4.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 19
44 to 49

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 91.3 to 94.6
0
Bismuth (Bi), % 0.2 to 0.6
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.1 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0
15 to 16
Copper (Cu), % 5.0 to 6.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
73.2 to 77.7
Lead (Pb), % 0.2 to 0.6
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0.5 to 1.3
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.5 to 3.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.070 to 0.13
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.3
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants