7050 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel
7050 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4378 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 7050 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4378 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 12 | |
| 14 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 130 to 210 | |
| 340 to 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 330 | |
| 510 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 to 570 | |
| 760 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 500 | |
| 430 to 970 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 630 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 490 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 860 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.1 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1120 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 10 to 55 | |
| 150 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1110 to 1760 | |
| 470 to 2370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 45 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 45 to 51 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 45 to 50 | |
| 24 to 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 87.3 to 92.1 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.0 to 2.6 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 61.2 to 69 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 1.9 to 2.6 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 11.5 to 14.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 2.3 to 3.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 5.7 to 6.7 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |