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AISI 201 Stainless Steel vs. 1050A Aluminum

AISI 201 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 1050A aluminum belongs to the aluminum 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 AISI 201 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 1050A aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 440
20 to 45
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
68
Elongation at Break, % 4.6 to 51
1.1 to 33
Fatigue Strength, MPa 280 to 600
22 to 55
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
26
Shear Strength, MPa 450 to 840
44 to 97
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650 to 1450
68 to 170
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300 to 1080
22 to 150

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
660
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
650
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
230
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
59
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
200

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
9.0
Density, g/cm3 7.7
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 38
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
1200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 61 to 340
1.9 to 19
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 230 to 2970
3.7 to 160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 52
6.9 to 18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 37
14 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
94
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 32
3.0 to 7.6

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
99.5 to 100
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.050
Iron (Fe), % 67.5 to 75
0 to 0.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.050
Manganese (Mn), % 5.5 to 7.5
0 to 0.050
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.070

Comparable Variants