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3004 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4123 Stainless Steel

3004 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4123 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, 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 3004 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4123 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 45 to 83
220 to 250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 170 to 310
720 to 810

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
840
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 630
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 160
23
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 42
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 140
2.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
10
Density, g/cm3 2.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
4.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
62
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
120

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 31
26 to 29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
23 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 65
6.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 7.6 to 13
26 to 29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 95.6 to 98.2
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.35 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 0
14 to 16.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
76.7 to 84.6
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.8 to 1.3
0
Manganese (Mn), % 1.0 to 1.5
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.0 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 1.5
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants