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1060 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4849 Stainless Steel

1060 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4849 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 1060 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4849 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 30
4.5
Fatigue Strength, MPa 15 to 50
120
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 67 to 130
480
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 17 to 110
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1020
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 660
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 650
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 230
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
42
Density, g/cm3 2.7
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
7.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
100
Embodied Water, L/kg 1200
200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 0.57 to 37
18
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 2.1 to 89
160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 6.9 to 13
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14 to 21
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 96
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 3.0 to 5.6
11

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 99.6 to 100
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.3 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 0
18 to 21
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.35
32.6 to 43.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.030
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
36 to 39
Niobium (Nb), % 0
1.2 to 1.8
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
1.0 to 2.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.030
0
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.050
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.050
0