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S21603 Stainless Steel vs. 5082 Aluminum

S21603 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 5082 aluminum belongs to the aluminum 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 S21603 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 5082 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
67
Elongation at Break, % 45
1.1
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
110 to 130
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
25
Shear Strength, MPa 490
210 to 230
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
380 to 400
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
300 to 340

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
560
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
910
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
8.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
4.0 to 4.3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
670 to 870
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
39 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
43 to 45
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
17 to 18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
93.5 to 96
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
0 to 0.15
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.15
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
0 to 0.35
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
0 to 0.15
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.1
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15