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A380.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel

A380.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4938 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 A380.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4938 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 73
200
Elongation at Break, % 3.3
16 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 140
390 to 520
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
76
Shear Strength, MPa 190
540 to 630
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 290
870 to 1030
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 160
640 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 510
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
750
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 590
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 550
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 96
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 25
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 78
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
10
Density, g/cm3 2.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.5
3.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 1040
110

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 8.3
140 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180
1050 to 1920
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 48
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28
31 to 37
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 34
26 to 29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 38
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
30 to 35

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 80.3 to 89.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.080 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0
11 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 4.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.3
80.5 to 84.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.1
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0.4 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
2.0 to 3.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.020 to 0.040
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 7.5 to 9.5
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.35
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.25 to 0.4
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 3.0
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.5
0