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S32550 Stainless Steel vs. 383.0 Aluminum

S32550 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 383.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 S32550 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 383.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260
75
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
73
Elongation at Break, % 21
3.5
Fatigue Strength, MPa 400
150
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
28
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860
280
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 620
150

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
540
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
580
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
540
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
880
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
96
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
21

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
23
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
74

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
10
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
7.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
1030

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 160
8.2
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 940
150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31
28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
34
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
39
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23
13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
79.7 to 88.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 27
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 2.5
2.0 to 3.0
Iron (Fe), % 57.2 to 67
0 to 1.3
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.9 to 3.9
0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 6.5
0 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
9.5 to 11.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.15
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 3.0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5