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S32550 Stainless Steel vs. 852.0 Aluminum

S32550 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 852.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 852.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260
64
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
70
Elongation at Break, % 21
3.4
Fatigue Strength, MPa 400
73
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
26
Shear Strength, MPa 540
130
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860
200
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 620
150

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
370
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
210
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
840
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
180
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
45
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
130

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
3.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
8.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
160
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
1150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 160
6.2
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 940
160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
12
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
43
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
65
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23
8.7

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
86.6 to 91.3
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 27
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 2.5
1.7 to 2.3
Iron (Fe), % 57.2 to 67
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.6 to 0.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.9 to 3.9
0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 6.5
0.9 to 1.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
5.5 to 7.0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.3