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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. 7475 Aluminum

EN 1.3956 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 7475 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 25 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 EN 1.3956 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 7475 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
70
Elongation at Break, % 27
10 to 12
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
190 to 210
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
530 to 590
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
440 to 520

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
380
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
480
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
870
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
10
Density, g/cm3 7.8
3.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
1130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
53 to 68
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
1390 to 1920
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
46
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
49 to 55
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
48 to 52
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
23 to 26

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
88.6 to 91.6
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0.18 to 0.25
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.2 to 1.9
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
0 to 0.12
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
1.9 to 2.6
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 0.060
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.060
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
5.1 to 6.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15