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3003 Aluminum vs. S36200 Stainless Steel

3003 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S36200 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 3003 aluminum and the bottom bar is S36200 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 28
3.4 to 4.6
Fatigue Strength, MPa 39 to 90
450 to 570
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
76
Shear Strength, MPa 68 to 130
680 to 810
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 110 to 240
1180 to 1410
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 40 to 210
960 to 1240

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
820
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 640
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 180
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 44
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 140
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
12
Density, g/cm3 2.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.1
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
40
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
120

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 0.95 to 63
46 to 51
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 11 to 300
2380 to 3930
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 11 to 24
42 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 30
32 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 71
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 4.7 to 10
40 to 48

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 96.8 to 99
0 to 0.1
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 0
14 to 14.5
Copper (Cu), % 0.050 to 0.2
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
75.4 to 79.5
Manganese (Mn), % 1.0 to 1.5
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0
6.5 to 7.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.6
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.6 to 0.9
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants