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A206.0 Aluminum vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel

A206.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 316 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 A206.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 100 to 110
160 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.2 to 10
8.0 to 55
Fatigue Strength, MPa 90 to 180
210 to 430
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
78
Shear Strength, MPa 260
350 to 690
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 390 to 440
520 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 380
230 to 850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
590
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 670
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 550
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 30
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 90
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
19
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 1150
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 16 to 37
85 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 440 to 1000
130 to 1820
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36 to 41
18 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 39 to 43
18 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 48
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 19
11 to 26

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93.9 to 95.7
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 4.2 to 5.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
62 to 72
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.15
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.050
10 to 14
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.050
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0