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AISI 201LN Stainless Steel vs. 4147 Aluminum

AISI 201LN stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 4147 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 201LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is 4147 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
72
Elongation at Break, % 25 to 51
3.3
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340 to 540
42
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
27
Shear Strength, MPa 530 to 680
63
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740 to 1060
110
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 350 to 770
59

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
570
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
580
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
560
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
21

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
33
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
120

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
2.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
7.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 38
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
1050

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 230 to 310
3.1
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 310 to 1520
24
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
16
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
55
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 38
12
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 30
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
58
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
5.2

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
85 to 88.9
Beryllium (Be), % 0
0 to 0.00030
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 17.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 67.9 to 73.5
0 to 0.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.1 to 0.5
Manganese (Mn), % 6.4 to 7.5
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 4.0 to 5.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
11 to 13
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15