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7020 Aluminum vs. AISI 304LN Stainless Steel

7020 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 304LN 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 7020 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 304LN stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 45 to 100
190 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Elongation at Break, % 8.4 to 14
7.8 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 110 to 130
200 to 440
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Shear Strength, MPa 110 to 230
400 to 680
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 190 to 390
580 to 1160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 120 to 310
230 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 380
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 210
960
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 610
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 150
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 39
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 120
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
16
Density, g/cm3 2.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 1150
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 23 to 46
83 to 270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110 to 690
140 to 1900
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 47
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 37
21 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 41
20 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 59
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.3 to 17
13 to 26

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 91.2 to 94.8
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0.1 to 0.35
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
65 to 73.9
Magnesium (Mg), % 1.0 to 1.4
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.050 to 0.5
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
8.0 to 12
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.1 to 0.16
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.35
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 4.0 to 5.0
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0.080 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants