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EN 1.4537 Stainless Steel vs. A390.0 Aluminum

EN 1.4537 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while A390.0 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 1.4537 stainless steel and the bottom bar is A390.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
110 to 140
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
75
Elongation at Break, % 42
0.87 to 0.91
Fatigue Strength, MPa 290
70 to 100
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
28
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700
190 to 290
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
190 to 290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
640
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
580
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
480
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
880
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
20

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.0
20
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.3
67

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 34
11
Density, g/cm3 8.1
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.1
7.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 84
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 220
950

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240
1.6 to 2.6
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
240 to 580
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
52
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
19 to 30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
27 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
56
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
9.0 to 14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
75.3 to 79.6
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 2.0
4.0 to 5.0
Iron (Fe), % 36.3 to 46.1
0 to 0.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.45 to 0.65
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.7 to 5.7
0
Nickel (Ni), % 24 to 27
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.17 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
16 to 18
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.2