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515.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4460 Stainless Steel

515.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4460 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, 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 515.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4460 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Elongation at Break, % 10
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
330
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
80
Shear Strength, MPa 190
470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 280
750

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 470
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 620
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 620
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
18
Density, g/cm3 2.6
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.4
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
48
Embodied Water, L/kg 1120
180

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 52
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36
24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93.6 to 96.6
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 0
25 to 28
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.3
60.2 to 69.2
Magnesium (Mg), % 2.5 to 4.0
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.6
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.3 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
4.5 to 6.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.050 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 10
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0