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3103 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4911 Stainless Steel

3103 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4911 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 3103 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4911 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 28
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 38 to 83
530
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
76
Shear Strength, MPa 68 to 130
640
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 100 to 220
1070
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 39 to 200
970

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
700
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 660
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 640
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 160
20
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 42
2.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 140
3.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
20
Density, g/cm3 2.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.2
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
49
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 2.4 to 24
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 11 to 280
2410
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 10 to 22
38
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 30
30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 64
5.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 4.6 to 9.9
37

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 96.3 to 99.1
0
Boron (B), % 0
0.0050 to 0.015
Carbon (C), % 0
0.050 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
9.8 to 11.2
Cobalt (Co), % 0
5.0 to 7.0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
75.7 to 83.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.3
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.9 to 1.5
0.3 to 1.3
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.5 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0.2 to 1.2
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.2 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.035
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0.1 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.1
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
0 to 0.7
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.4
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.2
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0