MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4597 Stainless Steel vs. 2195 Aluminum

EN 1.4597 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 2195 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 1.4597 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 2195 aluminum.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
69
Elongation at Break, % 45
9.3
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
26
Shear Strength, MPa 470
350
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680
590
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
560

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 860
210
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
660
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
550
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
34
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.8
100

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
31
Density, g/cm3 7.7
3.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
8.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 36
160
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
1470

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 250
54
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
2290
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
46
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
55
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
53
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
49
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
26

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
91.9 to 94.9
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 18
0
Copper (Cu), % 2.0 to 3.5
3.7 to 4.3
Iron (Fe), % 63 to 76.4
0 to 0.15
Lithium (Li), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.25 to 0.8
Manganese (Mn), % 6.5 to 9.0
0 to 0.25
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 1.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 3.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.12
Silver (Ag), % 0
0.25 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.1
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0.080 to 0.16
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15