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354.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4557 Stainless Steel

354.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4557 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 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 354.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4557 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
200
Elongation at Break, % 2.4 to 3.0
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 92 to 120
260
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 360 to 380
560
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 280 to 310
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 530
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1090
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 600
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 550
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 32
2.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 110
2.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
29
Density, g/cm3 2.7
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.8
5.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
76
Embodied Water, L/kg 1070
190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 8.6 to 9.8
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 540 to 670
210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 52
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 37 to 39
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 42 to 44
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 52
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 18
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 87.3 to 89.4
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 0
19.5 to 20.5
Copper (Cu), % 1.6 to 2.0
0.5 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.2
49.5 to 56.3
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.4 to 0.6
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.2
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
6.0 to 7.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
17.5 to 19.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.18 to 0.24
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 8.6 to 9.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0