7003 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4923 Stainless Steel
7003 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4923 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 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 7003 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4923 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 12 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 130 to 150 | |
| 300 to 440 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 210 to 230 | |
| 540 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 390 | |
| 870 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 310 | |
| 470 to 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 380 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 630 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 510 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 870 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 150 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 36 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 110 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 8.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1140 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 37 to 41 | |
| 110 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 630 to 710 | |
| 570 to 1580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 47 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 37 | |
| 31 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 37 to 40 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 59 | |
| 6.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 30 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 90.6 to 94.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.18 to 0.24 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 83.5 to 87.1 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.4 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.35 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 5.0 to 6.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.050 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |