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357.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4405 Stainless Steel

357.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4405 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 357.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4405 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Elongation at Break, % 3.4
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 76
370
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 350
860
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
610

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 500
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 620
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 560
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 910
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 150
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 39
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 140
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
13
Density, g/cm3 2.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 1110
130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 11
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 620
950
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 53
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 38
31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 43
26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 64
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 91.3 to 93.1
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0
15 to 17
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.15
73.6 to 80.3
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.45 to 0.6
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.7 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
4.0 to 6.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 6.5 to 7.5
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.050
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0