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EN 1.4310 Stainless Steel vs. 8011A Aluminum

EN 1.4310 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 8011A aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 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 1.4310 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 8011A aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 270
25 to 50
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
69
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 45
1.7 to 28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 330
33 to 76
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730 to 900
100 to 180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260 to 570
34 to 170

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
630
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
210
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
56
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
180

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
9.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 260
3.0 to 22
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170 to 830
8.2 to 200
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26 to 32
11 to 18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 27
18 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
86
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 18
4.6 to 8.1

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
97.5 to 99.1
Carbon (C), % 0.050 to 0.15
0
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 19
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 66.4 to 78
0.5 to 1.0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.8
0
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 9.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15