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1050 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel

1050 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4938 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 1050 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4938 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.6 to 37
16 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 31 to 57
390 to 520
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
76
Shear Strength, MPa 52 to 81
540 to 630
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 76 to 140
870 to 1030
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 25 to 120
640 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
750
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 650
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 230
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 61
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 200
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
10
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
3.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 1200
110

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 5.4 to 22
140 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 4.6 to 110
1050 to 1920
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 7.8 to 14
31 to 37
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 22
26 to 29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 94
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 3.4 to 6.2
30 to 35

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 99.5 to 100
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.080 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0
11 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
80.5 to 84.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.050
0.4 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.020 to 0.040
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.030
0
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.050
0.25 to 0.4
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.050
0

Comparable Variants