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520.0 Aluminum vs. AISI 410 Stainless Steel

520.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 410 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 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 520.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 410 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 75
190 to 240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 66
190
Elongation at Break, % 14
16 to 22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 55
190 to 350
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 25
76
Shear Strength, MPa 230
330 to 470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 330
520 to 770
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 170
290 to 580

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
710
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 600
1530
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 480
1480
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 910
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 87
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 25
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 21
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 72
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
7.0
Density, g/cm3 2.6
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.8
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
27
Embodied Water, L/kg 1170
100

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 39
97 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 230
210 to 860
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 52
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35
19 to 28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 41
19 to 24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 37
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
18 to 26

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 87.9 to 90.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.080 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0
11.5 to 13.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.3
83.5 to 88.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 9.5 to 10.6
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.75
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.15
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0