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EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel vs. 8079 Aluminum

EN 1.4401 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 8079 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 1.4401 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 8079 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
69
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 40
2.2
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 320
56
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 900
150
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 570
120

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
640
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
230
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
58
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
190

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
9.0
Density, g/cm3 7.9
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
3.1
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 800
110
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 26
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
92
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
6.4

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
98.1 to 99.3
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.050
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.5
0.7 to 1.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 13
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.050 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15