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A206.0 Aluminum vs. AISI 334 Stainless Steel

A206.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 334 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 334 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 100 to 110
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.2 to 10
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 90 to 180
150
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Shear Strength, MPa 260
360
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 390 to 440
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 380
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 670
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 550
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
22
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 1150
170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 16 to 37
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 440 to 1000
96
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36 to 41
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 39 to 43
19
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 19
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93.9 to 95.7
0.15 to 0.6
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 4.2 to 5.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
55.7 to 62.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.15
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.050
19 to 21
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.050
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.3
0.15 to 0.6
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0