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EN 1.3967 Stainless Steel vs. 2124 Aluminum

EN 1.3967 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 2124 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 2124 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
71
Elongation at Break, % 22
5.7
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
27
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 350
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1070
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
500
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
880
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
10
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
1150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130
27
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 310
1290
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
46
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
45
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
46
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
21

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
91.3 to 94.7
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20 to 21.5
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0
3.8 to 4.9
Iron (Fe), % 50.3 to 57.8
0 to 0.3
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
1.2 to 1.8
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0.3 to 0.9
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 to 0.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.15
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15