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EN AC-43300 Aluminum vs. N08926 Stainless Steel

EN AC-43300 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while N08926 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-43300 aluminum and the bottom bar is N08926 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
200
Elongation at Break, % 3.4 to 6.7
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 76 to 77
290
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 280 to 290
740
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210 to 230
330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 540
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 600
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 590
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 910
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 40
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 140
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
33
Density, g/cm3 2.5
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.9
6.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
84
Embodied Water, L/kg 1080
200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 9.1 to 17
240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 300 to 370
270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 54
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31 to 32
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 37 to 38
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 59
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 14
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 88.9 to 90.8
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 0
19 to 21
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0.5 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.19
41.7 to 50.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.25 to 0.45
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
6.0 to 7.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
24 to 26
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.15 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 9.0 to 10
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.070
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.1
0