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336.0 Aluminum vs. S30601 Stainless Steel

336.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S30601 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 S30601 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 110 to 130
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 75
190
Elongation at Break, % 0.5
37
Fatigue Strength, MPa 80 to 93
250
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 28
75
Shear Strength, MPa 190 to 250
450
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 250 to 320
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 300
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 570
370
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 210
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 570
1360
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 540
1310
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 890
500
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 19
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
20
Density, g/cm3 2.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.9
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 1010
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 1.1 to 1.6
200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250 to 580
230
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 32
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32 to 38
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 16
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 79.1 to 85.8
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 0
17 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.5
0 to 0.35
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.2
56.9 to 60.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.7 to 1.3
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.35
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 2.0 to 3.0
17 to 18
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.050
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 11 to 13
5.0 to 5.6
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.013
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.35
0