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7010 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4596 Stainless Steel

7010 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4596 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, 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 7010 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4596 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 520 to 590
1030 to 1600

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 380
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
790
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 630
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 480
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 860
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
15
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
3.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
48
Embodied Water, L/kg 1120
130

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 45
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 47 to 54
36 to 56
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 47 to 52
29 to 39
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22 to 26
35 to 54

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 87.9 to 90.6
0.8 to 1.1
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.050
11.5 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 2.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.15
73.4 to 76.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 2.1 to 2.6
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.9 to 2.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.050
9.2 to 10.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.12
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.060
0.28 to 0.4
Zinc (Zn), % 5.7 to 6.7
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0.1 to 0.16
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0