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C355.0 Aluminum vs. AISI 334 Stainless Steel

C355.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 334 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 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 C355.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 334 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 86 to 90
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Elongation at Break, % 2.7 to 3.8
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 76 to 84
150
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 290 to 310
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200 to 230
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 470
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 620
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 570
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
22
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 1120
170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 7.5 to 9.8
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 290 to 380
96
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30 to 32
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36 to 37
19
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 14
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 91.7 to 94.1
0.15 to 0.6
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 1.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.2
55.7 to 62.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.4 to 0.6
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
19 to 21
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 4.5 to 5.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0.15 to 0.6
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0