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336.0 Aluminum vs. S21460 Stainless Steel

336.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S21460 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 S21460 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 110 to 130
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 75
200
Elongation at Break, % 0.5
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 80 to 93
390
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 28
77
Shear Strength, MPa 190 to 250
580
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 250 to 320
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 300
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 570
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 210
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 570
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 540
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 890
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 19
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
14
Density, g/cm3 2.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.9
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 1010
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 1.1 to 1.6
320
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250 to 580
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 32
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32 to 38
26
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 16
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 79.1 to 85.8
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 0
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.2
57.3 to 63.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.7 to 1.3
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.35
14 to 16
Nickel (Ni), % 2.0 to 3.0
5.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.35 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 11 to 13
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.35
0