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EN 1.3542 Stainless Steel vs. 3103 Aluminum

EN 1.3542 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 3103 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 EN 1.3542 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 3103 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
27 to 62
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
70
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720
100 to 220

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 770
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
660
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
640
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 29
160
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.1
42
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.6
140

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.5
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 29
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
1180

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
10 to 22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
18 to 30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.9
64
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26
4.6 to 9.9

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
96.3 to 99.1
Carbon (C), % 0.6 to 0.7
0
Chromium (Cr), % 12.5 to 14.5
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 82.7 to 87.5
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.9 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.75
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.1
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15