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EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel vs. EN AC-46600 Aluminum

EN 1.4401 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN AC-46600 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 EN AC-46600 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
77
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
72
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 40
1.1
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 320
75
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
27
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 900
180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 570
110

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
490
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
560
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
890
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
22

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
29
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
94

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
10
Density, g/cm3 7.9
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
7.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
1080

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
1.7
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 800
81
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 26
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
51
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
8.1

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
85.6 to 92.4
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.5 to 2.5
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.5
0 to 0.8
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.25
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.35
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.15 to 0.65
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 13
0 to 0.35
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
6.0 to 8.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.15
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.25
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 1.0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15