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S44800 Stainless Steel vs. EN AC-44500 Aluminum

S44800 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN AC-44500 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 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 S44800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN AC-44500 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
68
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
72
Elongation at Break, % 23
1.1
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 82
27
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590
270
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450
160

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
570
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
590
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
580
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
21

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.6
33
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.0
120

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
7.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
1050

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
2.6
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 480
180
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
16
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
55
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
57
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
83.7 to 89.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.010
0
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 30
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 66.5
0 to 1.0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.55
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.5 to 4.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 2.0 to 2.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.020
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.2
10.5 to 13.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.15
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.3
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.25