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EN AC-21100 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4935 Stainless Steel

EN AC-21100 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4935 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 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 AC-21100 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4935 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
200
Elongation at Break, % 6.2 to 7.3
16 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 79 to 87
350 to 400
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 340 to 350
780 to 880
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210 to 240
570 to 670

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
740
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 670
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 550
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 34
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 100
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
9.0
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 1150
100

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19 to 21
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 300 to 400
830 to 1160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31 to 33
28 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36 to 37
24 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 48
6.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
27 to 30

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93.4 to 95.7
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.17 to 0.24
Chromium (Cr), % 0
11 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 4.2 to 5.2
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.19
83 to 86.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.55
0.3 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0.3 to 0.8
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.18
0.1 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.3
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
0.4 to 0.6
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.2 to 0.35
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.070
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.1
0

Comparable Variants