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AISI 420 Stainless Steel vs. 7022 Aluminum

AISI 420 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 7022 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 420 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 7022 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
70
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 15
6.3 to 8.0
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 670
140 to 170
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
26
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 1010
290 to 320
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690 to 1720
490 to 540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 380 to 1310
390 to 460

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
380
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 620
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1510
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
480
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
870
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 27
140
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.0
21
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.5
65

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.5
10
Density, g/cm3 7.7
2.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
8.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
1130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 88 to 130
29 to 40
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 4410
1100 to 1500
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
47
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 62
47 to 51
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 41
47 to 50
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.3
54
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 62
21 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
87.9 to 92.4
Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.4
0
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 14
0.1 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.5 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 82.3 to 87.9
0 to 0.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
2.6 to 3.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.1 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.75
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0
4.3 to 5.2
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15