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2024 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4418 Stainless Steel

2024 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4418 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 2024 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4418 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.0 to 16
16 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 90 to 180
350 to 480
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
77
Shear Strength, MPa 130 to 320
530 to 620
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 200 to 540
860 to 1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 100 to 490
540 to 790

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 500
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 30
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 90
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
13
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 1140
130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 20 to 68
130 to 170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 70 to 1680
730 to 1590
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 50
31 to 36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 49
26 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 46
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.6 to 24
31 to 36

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.7 to 94.7
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
15 to 17
Copper (Cu), % 3.8 to 4.9
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
73.2 to 80.2
Magnesium (Mg), % 1.2 to 1.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.9
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.8 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
4.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants