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AZ91B Magnesium vs. AISI 301 Stainless Steel

AZ91B magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys classification, while AISI 301 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 AZ91B magnesium and the bottom bar is AISI 301 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 63
190 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 46
200
Elongation at Break, % 5.0
7.4 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 79
210 to 600
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 18
77
Shear Strength, MPa 140
410 to 860
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 240
590 to 1460
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 160
230 to 1080

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 360
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 130
840
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 11
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 58
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
13
Density, g/cm3 1.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 22
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 990
130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 11
99 to 300
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
130 to 2970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 69
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 38
21 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 49
20 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 42
4.2
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
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.35
0
Iron (Fe), % 0
70.7 to 78
Magnesium (Mg), % 87.9 to 91.2
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.13 to 0.5
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.030
6.0 to 8.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Zinc (Zn), % 0.35 to 1.0
0