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EN 1.4594 Stainless Steel vs. 852.0 Aluminum

EN 1.4594 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 852.0 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 1.4594 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 852.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
70
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 17
3.4
Fatigue Strength, MPa 490 to 620
73
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
26
Shear Strength, MPa 620 to 700
130
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1020 to 1170
200
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 810 to 1140
150

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
370
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 820
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
210
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
840
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
180
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
45
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
130

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
15
Density, g/cm3 7.9
3.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
8.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 45
160
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
1150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
6.2
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1660 to 3320
160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
12
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
43
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36 to 41
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29 to 31
24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
65
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 34 to 39
8.7

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
86.6 to 91.3
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0
Chromium (Cr), % 13 to 15
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.2 to 2.0
1.7 to 2.3
Iron (Fe), % 72.6 to 79.5
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.6 to 0.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.2 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 6.0
0.9 to 1.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.15 to 0.6
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
5.5 to 7.0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.3