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2025 Aluminum vs. S32950 Stainless Steel

2025 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S32950 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 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 2025 aluminum and the bottom bar is S32950 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 110
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 72
200
Elongation at Break, % 15
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
330
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
80
Shear Strength, MPa 240
480
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 400
780
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260
550

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 520
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 150
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 40
2.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 120
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
17
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.9
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 1130
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 55
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 450
730
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 37
28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40
24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 58
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
21

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.9 to 95.2
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
26 to 29
Copper (Cu), % 3.9 to 5.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.0
60.3 to 69.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 1.2
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.0 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
3.5 to 5.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.15 to 0.35
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 1.2
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0