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B390.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4959 Stainless Steel

B390.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4959 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 B390.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4959 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 76
200
Elongation at Break, % 0.88
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 29
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 320
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 640
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1090
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 580
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 580
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 20
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 27
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 88
2.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
31
Density, g/cm3 2.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.3
5.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
76
Embodied Water, L/kg 940
200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 2.6
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 410
96
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 38
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 55
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 72.7 to 79.6
0.25 to 0.65
Carbon (C), % 0
0.050 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0
19 to 22
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 4.0 to 5.0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.3
39.4 to 50.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.45 to 0.65
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.1
30 to 34
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 16 to 18
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.1
0.25 to 0.65
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 1.5
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.2
0