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EN 1.4415 Stainless Steel vs. 1200 Aluminum

EN 1.4415 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 1200 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 1.4415 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 1200 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
69
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 20
1.1 to 28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 470 to 510
25 to 69
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
26
Shear Strength, MPa 520 to 570
54 to 100
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830 to 930
85 to 180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 730 to 840
28 to 160

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 790
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
660
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
650
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 19
230
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.9
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
58
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.8
190

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
9.0
Density, g/cm3 7.9
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
1190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 160
2.0 to 19
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1350 to 1790
5.7 to 180
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 33
8.7 to 19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 27
16 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 5.1
92
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 30 to 34
3.8 to 8.1

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
99 to 100
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 13.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.050
Iron (Fe), % 75.9 to 82.4
0 to 1.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.050
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 2.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 6.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15

Comparable Variants