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EN AC-45400 Aluminum vs. N08904 Stainless Steel

EN AC-45400 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while N08904 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-45400 aluminum and the bottom bar is N08904 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 86
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 72
200
Elongation at Break, % 6.7
38
Fatigue Strength, MPa 55
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 260
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 130
240

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 470
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 630
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 560
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 30
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 95
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
32
Density, g/cm3 2.8
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.8
5.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
79
Embodied Water, L/kg 1100
200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 14
170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110
150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 49
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 54
3.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 88.4 to 92.9
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 0
19 to 23
Copper (Cu), % 2.6 to 3.6
1.0 to 2.0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.6
38.8 to 53
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.1
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.55
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.1
23 to 28
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 4.5 to 6.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.035
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.050
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0