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354.0 Aluminum vs. AISI 316L Stainless Steel

354.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 316L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 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 354.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 316L stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
200
Elongation at Break, % 2.4 to 3.0
9.0 to 50
Fatigue Strength, MPa 92 to 120
170 to 450
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 360 to 380
530 to 1160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 280 to 310
190 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 530
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 600
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 550
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 32
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 110
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
19
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.8
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 1070
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 8.6 to 9.8
77 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 540 to 670
93 to 1880
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 52
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 37 to 39
19 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 42 to 44
18 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 52
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 18
12 to 25

Alloy Composition


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Aluminum (Al), % 87.3 to 89.4
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 1.6 to 2.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.2
62 to 72
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.4 to 0.6
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
10 to 14
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 8.6 to 9.4
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0