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EN AC-44400 Aluminum vs. S33228 Stainless Steel

EN AC-44400 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S33228 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 EN AC-44400 aluminum and the bottom bar is S33228 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 61
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.1
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 79
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 210
570
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 110
210

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 540
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 600
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 590
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
37
Density, g/cm3 2.6
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.8
6.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
89
Embodied Water, L/kg 1080
220

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 7.3
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 85
110
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 54
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 31
19
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.8
13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 87.1 to 92
0 to 0.025
Carbon (C), % 0
0.040 to 0.080
Cerium (Ce), % 0
0.050 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0
26 to 28
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.65
36.5 to 42.3
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.050
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.1
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.050
31 to 33
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.6 to 1.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 8.0 to 11
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.050
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.15
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0