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336.0 Aluminum vs. AISI 201L Stainless Steel

336.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 201L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 336.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 201L stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 110 to 130
190 to 320
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 75
200
Elongation at Break, % 0.5
22 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 80 to 93
270 to 530
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 28
77
Shear Strength, MPa 190 to 250
520 to 660
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 250 to 320
740 to 1040
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 300
290 to 790

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 570
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 210
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 570
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 540
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 890
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 19
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 29
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 95
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
12
Density, g/cm3 2.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.9
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
38
Embodied Water, L/kg 1010
140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 1.1 to 1.6
210 to 300
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250 to 580
220 to 1570
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 32
27 to 37
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32 to 38
24 to 30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 48
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 16
16 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 79.1 to 85.8
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.2
67.9 to 75
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.7 to 1.3
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.35
5.5 to 7.5
Nickel (Ni), % 2.0 to 3.0
3.5 to 5.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 11 to 13
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.35
0