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S46910 Stainless Steel vs. 1050A Aluminum

S46910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 1050A aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 27 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 S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 1050A aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270 to 630
20 to 45
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
68
Elongation at Break, % 2.2 to 11
1.1 to 33
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250 to 1020
22 to 55
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
26
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 1410
44 to 97
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 2470
68 to 170
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 2290
22 to 150

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 810
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
660
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
650
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
9.0
Density, g/cm3 7.9
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 55
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
1200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 48 to 130
1.9 to 19
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 4780
3.7 to 160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 86
6.9 to 18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 51
14 to 25
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 84
3.0 to 7.6

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.5
99.5 to 100
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 13
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.5
0 to 0.050
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 76
0 to 0.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.050
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.050
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 5.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.5 to 1.2
0 to 0.050
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.070

Comparable Variants