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359.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel

359.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4541 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 359.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4541 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 90 to 100
190 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
200
Elongation at Break, % 3.8 to 4.9
14 to 40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 100
190 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
77
Shear Strength, MPa 220 to 230
410 to 550
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 340 to 350
600 to 900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 280
220 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 530
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 600
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 570
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 910
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 35
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 120
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
16
Density, g/cm3 2.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 1090
140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 12 to 15
110 to 190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 450 to 540
120 to 830
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 54
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 37 to 38
21 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 42 to 43
20 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 59
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 17
14 to 20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 88.9 to 91
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.2
65.2 to 74
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.5 to 0.7
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
9.0 to 12
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 8.5 to 9.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.7
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants