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AZ91A Magnesium vs. AISI 302 Stainless Steel

AZ91A magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys classification, while AISI 302 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 AZ91A magnesium and the bottom bar is AISI 302 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 63
170 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 46
200
Elongation at Break, % 5.0
4.5 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 99
210 to 520
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 18
77
Shear Strength, MPa 140
400 to 830
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 240
580 to 1430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 160
230 to 1100

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 360
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 130
710
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 600
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 470
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 990
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 73
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 26
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 10
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 52
2.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
15
Density, g/cm3 1.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 22
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 990
140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 11
59 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
140 to 3070
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 69
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 38
21 to 51
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 49
20 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 42
4.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
12 to 31

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 8.3 to 9.7
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 0
67.9 to 75
Magnesium (Mg), % 88.2 to 91.2
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.13 to 0.5
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.030
8.0 to 10
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Zinc (Zn), % 0.35 to 1.0
0