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EN 1.4659 Stainless Steel vs. 4045 Aluminum

EN 1.4659 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 4045 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 1.4659 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 4045 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
71
Elongation at Break, % 49
2.3
Fatigue Strength, MPa 460
45
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
27
Shear Strength, MPa 640
69
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
120
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 480
64

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
540
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
600
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
580
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
170
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
21

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
45
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
160

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 37
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.2
2.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.5
7.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 89
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 220
1070

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 370
2.4
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 550
29
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
54
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31
13
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
74
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
5.7

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
87.4 to 91
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 25
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 2.0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 35.7 to 45.7
0 to 0.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.050
Manganese (Mn), % 2.0 to 4.0
0 to 0.050
Molybdenum (Mo), % 5.5 to 6.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 21 to 23
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.35 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
9.0 to 11
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Tungsten (W), % 1.5 to 2.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15