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S21603 Stainless Steel vs. 5154A Aluminum

S21603 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 5154A aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 5154A aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
58 to 100
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
68
Elongation at Break, % 45
1.1 to 19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
83 to 160
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
26
Shear Strength, MPa 490
140 to 210
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
230 to 370
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
96 to 320

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
600
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
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
8.8
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 36
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
68 to 760
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
24 to 38
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
31 to 43
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
10 to 16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
93.7 to 96.9
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
0 to 0.25
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
0 to 0.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
3.1 to 3.9
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
0 to 0.5
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 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15