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296.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4618 Stainless Steel

296.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4618 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 1.4618 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 75 to 90
200 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 72
200
Elongation at Break, % 3.2 to 7.1
51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 47 to 70
240 to 250
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 260 to 270
680 to 700
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 120 to 180
250 to 260

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 420
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 630
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 540
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
480
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
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 99 to 110
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
13
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.8
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 1110
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 7.6 to 15
270 to 280
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110 to 220
160 to 170
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 25
24 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 30 to 31
22 to 23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 51 to 56
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
15 to 16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 89 to 94
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0
16.5 to 18.5
Copper (Cu), % 4.0 to 5.0
1.0 to 2.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.2
62.7 to 72.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.35
5.5 to 9.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.35
4.5 to 5.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.15
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.070
Silicon (Si), % 2.0 to 3.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.5
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.35
0