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EN 1.3967 Stainless Steel vs. 2017A Aluminum

EN 1.3967 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 2017A aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, 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 1.3967 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 2017A aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
71
Elongation at Break, % 22
2.2 to 14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
92 to 130
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
27
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
200 to 460
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 350
110 to 290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1070
220
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
510
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
880
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
11
Density, g/cm3 7.9
3.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 66
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
1140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130
6.7 to 53
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 310
90 to 570
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
46
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
19 to 42
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
26 to 44
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
8.9 to 20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
91.3 to 95.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20 to 21.5
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0
3.5 to 4.5
Iron (Fe), % 50.3 to 57.8
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.4 to 1.0
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0.4 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 3.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 15 to 17
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.25
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.35
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.2 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.25
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15