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2025 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4313 Stainless Steel

2025 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4313 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 2025 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4313 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 72
200
Elongation at Break, % 15
12 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
340 to 510
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
76
Shear Strength, MPa 240
460 to 600
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 400
750 to 1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260
580 to 910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
780
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 520
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 150
25
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 40
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 120
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
10
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.9
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
34
Embodied Water, L/kg 1130
110

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 55
110 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 450
870 to 2100
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 37
27 to 36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40
23 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 58
6.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
27 to 36

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.9 to 95.2
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
12 to 14
Copper (Cu), % 3.9 to 5.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.0
78.5 to 84.2
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 1.2
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.3 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 0
3.5 to 4.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 1.2
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0