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EN AC-44000 Aluminum vs. S44635 Stainless Steel

EN AC-44000 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S44635 stainless steel belongs to the iron 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 AC-44000 aluminum and the bottom bar is S44635 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 51
240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
210
Elongation at Break, % 7.3
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 64
390
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
81
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 180
710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 86
580

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 560
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 590
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 590
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 910
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 36
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 130
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
22
Density, g/cm3 2.5
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.8
4.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
62
Embodied Water, L/kg 1070
170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 11
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 51
810
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 16
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 55
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 61
4.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.4
23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 87.1 to 90
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.025
Chromium (Cr), % 0
24.5 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.19
61.5 to 68.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.45
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.5 to 4.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
3.5 to 4.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.2 to 0.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.035
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 10 to 11.8
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0.2 to 0.8
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.070
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.1
0