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4147 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4910 Stainless Steel

4147 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 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 4147 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4910 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 72
200
Elongation at Break, % 3.3
41
Fatigue Strength, MPa 42
250
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
78
Shear Strength, MPa 63
450
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 110
650
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 59
290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 570
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 160
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 580
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 560
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 33
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 120
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
20
Density, g/cm3 2.5
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.7
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
54
Embodied Water, L/kg 1050
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 3.1
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 24
210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 16
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 55
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 12
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 58
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 5.2
14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 85 to 88.9
0
Beryllium (Be), % 0 to 0.00030
0
Boron (B), % 0
0.0015 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.040
Chromium (Cr), % 0
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.8
62 to 69.9
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.1 to 0.5
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
12 to 14
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.1 to 0.18
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 11 to 13
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0