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EN 1.4411 Stainless Steel vs. 3303 Aluminum

EN 1.4411 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 3303 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 29 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 1.4411 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 3303 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
70
Elongation at Break, % 17
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 370
43
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 870
110
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 600
39

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
620
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
170
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
43
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
140

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
8.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130
20
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 920
11
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
49
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31
11
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
67
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 28
4.8

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
96.6 to 99
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 17
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.050 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 73.1 to 79.5
0 to 0.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
1.0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.0 to 6.0
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.8
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.3
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15