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1050A Aluminum vs. EN 1.4710 Stainless Steel

1050A aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4710 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, 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 1050A aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4710 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 20 to 45
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 33
20
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
74

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
750
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 660
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 650
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 230
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
9.9

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 59
6.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 200
7.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.0
5.0
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.2
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 1200
76

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 94
6.5

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 99.5 to 100
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.2 to 0.35
Chromium (Cr), % 0
6.0 to 8.0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
87.4 to 92.3
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.050
0.5 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.15
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
1.0 to 2.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.050
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.070
0