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296.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel

296.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4401 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 296.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4401 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 75 to 90
190 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 72
200
Elongation at Break, % 3.2 to 7.1
14 to 40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 47 to 70
200 to 320
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 260 to 270
600 to 900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 120 to 180
230 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 420
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 630
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 540
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130 to 150
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 33 to 37
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 99 to 110
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
19
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.8
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
52
Embodied Water, L/kg 1110
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 7.6 to 15
110 to 190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110 to 220
130 to 800
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 25
21 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 30 to 31
20 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 51 to 56
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
13 to 20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 89 to 94
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 0
16.5 to 18.5
Copper (Cu), % 4.0 to 5.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.2
62.8 to 71.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.35
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.35
10 to 13
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 2.0 to 3.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.5
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.35
0

Comparable Variants