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AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. 1050A Aluminum

AISI 301L 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 301L stainless steel and the bottom bar is 1050A aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 320
20 to 45
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
68
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 50
1.1 to 33
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 530
22 to 55
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
26
Shear Strength, MPa 440 to 660
44 to 97
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 1040
68 to 170
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 790
22 to 150

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
660
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
650
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
230
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
59
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
200

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
9.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
1200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210 to 300
1.9 to 19
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160 to 1580
3.7 to 160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 37
6.9 to 18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 29
14 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
94
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 24
3.0 to 7.6

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
99.5 to 100
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.050
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
0 to 0.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.050
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.050
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
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