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S32550 Stainless Steel vs. 705.0 Aluminum

S32550 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 705.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 705.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260
62 to 65
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
69
Elongation at Break, % 21
8.4 to 10
Fatigue Strength, MPa 400
63 to 98
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860
240 to 260
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 620
130

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
610
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
890
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
140
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
34
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
110

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
8.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
1170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 160
18 to 20
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 940
120 to 130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
49
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31
24 to 26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
31 to 32
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
55
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23
11

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
92.3 to 98.6
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 27
0 to 0.4
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 2.5
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 57.2 to 67
0 to 0.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
1.4 to 1.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.9 to 3.9
0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 6.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.25
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 3.3
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15