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AISI 201LN Stainless Steel vs. A356.0 Aluminum

AISI 201LN stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while A356.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 29 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 AISI 201LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is A356.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
70
Elongation at Break, % 25 to 51
3.0 to 6.0
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340 to 540
50 to 90
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740 to 1060
160 to 270
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 350 to 770
83 to 200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
500
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
610
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
21

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
40
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
140

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
2.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
8.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 38
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
1110

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 230 to 310
4.8 to 15
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 310 to 1520
49 to 300
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
53
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 38
17 to 29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 30
25 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
64
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
7.6 to 13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
91.1 to 93.3
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 17.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 67.9 to 73.5
0 to 0.2
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.25 to 0.45
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
6.5 to 7.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15