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AISI 303 Stainless Steel vs. 2017 Aluminum

AISI 303 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 2017 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 303 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 2017 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
71
Elongation at Break, % 40 to 51
12 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230 to 360
90 to 130
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
27
Shear Strength, MPa 430 to 470
130 to 260
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 690
190 to 430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 420
76 to 260

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 930
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
510
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
880
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
38
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.8
110

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
10
Density, g/cm3 7.8
3.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
8.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
1140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240
24 to 66
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 440
41 to 470
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
46
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 25
17 to 40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 22
24 to 42
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
56
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 15
7.9 to 18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
91.6 to 95.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0
3.5 to 4.5
Iron (Fe), % 67.3 to 74.9
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.4 to 0.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.2
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.2 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0.15 to 0.35
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.15
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15

Comparable Variants