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AISI 422 Stainless Steel vs. C355.0 Aluminum

AISI 422 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C355.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 422 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C355.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260 to 330
86 to 90
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
70
Elongation at Break, % 15 to 17
2.7 to 3.8
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 500
76 to 84
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 910 to 1080
290 to 310
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 670 to 870
200 to 230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
470
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 650
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1470
570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 24
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
22

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 4.7
39
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 5.3
130

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
8.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
1120

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 150
7.5 to 9.8
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1140 to 1910
290 to 380
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32 to 38
30 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 30
36 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.4
60
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 33 to 39
13 to 14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
91.7 to 94.1
Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.25
0
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.0 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 81.9 to 85.8
0 to 0.2
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.4 to 0.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.0
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.9 to 1.3
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.5 to 1.0
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
4.5 to 5.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Tungsten (W), % 0.9 to 1.3
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.2 to 0.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15