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EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel vs. 7020 Aluminum

EN 1.4301 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 7020 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 31 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 EN 1.4301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 7020 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
45 to 100
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
70
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 46
8.4 to 14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 330
110 to 130
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
26
Shear Strength, MPa 430 to 550
110 to 230
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610 to 900
190 to 390
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 570
120 to 310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
380
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
210
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
610
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
880
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
39
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
120

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
1150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 220
23 to 46
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120 to 820
110 to 690
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
47
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 32
18 to 37
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
25 to 41
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
59
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 20
8.3 to 17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
91.2 to 94.8
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19.5
0.1 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 66.8 to 74.5
0 to 0.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
1.0 to 1.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.050 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.25
Zinc (Zn), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0.080 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15

Comparable Variants