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EN AC-48000 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4125 Stainless Steel

EN AC-48000 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4125 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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-48000 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4125 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 100 to 110
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 73
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.0
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 85 to 86
300
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 28
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 220 to 310
800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210 to 270
470

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 570
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 600
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 560
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 890
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 33
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 110
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
9.0
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.9
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
32
Embodied Water, L/kg 1030
120

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 2.2 to 3.0
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 300 to 510
570
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 53
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 33
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 31 to 39
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 54
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 10 to 15
29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 80.4 to 87.2
0
Carbon (C), % 0
1.0 to 1.2
Chromium (Cr), % 0
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0.8 to 1.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
78 to 82.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.8 to 1.5
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.35
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.4 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 0.7 to 1.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 10.5 to 13.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.35
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0