328.0 Aluminum vs. AISI 410Cb Stainless Steel
328.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 410Cb 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 328.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 410Cb stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 60 to 82 | |
| 200 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.6 to 2.1 | |
| 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 55 to 80 | |
| 180 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 to 270 | |
| 550 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 170 | |
| 310 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 510 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 730 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 620 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 560 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 890 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 30 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 99 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.8 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 29 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1070 | |
| 97 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.8 to 5.0 | |
| 70 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 92 to 200 | |
| 240 to 1600 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 28 | |
| 20 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 34 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 50 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.2 to 12 | |
| 20 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 84.5 to 91.1 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 84.5 to 89 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |