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AISI 334 Stainless Steel vs. 238.0 Aluminum

AISI 334 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 238.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, 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 334 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 238.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
76
Elongation at Break, % 34
1.5
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
28
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
210
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
170

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
430
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
600
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
510
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
840
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
21

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
12
Density, g/cm3 7.9
3.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
7.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
1040

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
2.9
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 96
180
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
12
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
42
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
9.1

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.6
81.9 to 84.9
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
9.5 to 10.5
Iron (Fe), % 55.7 to 62.7
1.0 to 1.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.25
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 21
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
3.6 to 4.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.6
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
1.0 to 1.5