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771.0 Aluminum vs. S32803 Stainless Steel

771.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S32803 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 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 771.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is S32803 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 85 to 120
210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
210
Elongation at Break, % 1.7 to 6.5
18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 92 to 180
350
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
81
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 250 to 370
680
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210 to 350
560

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 380
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 630
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 620
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140 to 150
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 27
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 82
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
19
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
3.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 1130
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 4.4 to 20
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 310 to 900
760
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 35
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29 to 39
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 54 to 58
4.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 16
22

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.5 to 92.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 0.060 to 0.2
28 to 29
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.15
62.9 to 67.1
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.8 to 1.0
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.8 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
3.0 to 4.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.15 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.55
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.0035
Titanium (Ti), % 0.1 to 0.2
0
Zinc (Zn), % 6.5 to 7.5
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0