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S44700 Stainless Steel vs. 238.0 Aluminum

S44700 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 238.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, 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 S44700 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 238.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
76
Elongation at Break, % 23
1.5
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 82
28
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600
210
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450
170

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
430
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
600
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
510
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
840
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
21

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
12
Density, g/cm3 7.8
3.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
7.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 49
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
1040

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
2.9
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 480
180
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
12
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
42
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
9.1

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
81.9 to 84.9
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.010
0
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 30
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.15
9.5 to 10.5
Iron (Fe), % 64.9 to 68.5
1.0 to 1.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.25
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.3
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.5 to 4.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.15
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.020
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.2
3.6 to 4.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
1.0 to 1.5