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204.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4466 Stainless Steel

204.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4466 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 204.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4466 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 90 to 120
210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
200
Elongation at Break, % 5.7 to 7.8
42
Fatigue Strength, MPa 63 to 77
250
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 230 to 340
640
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 180 to 220
280

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 580
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 19
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 29 to 34
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 87 to 100
2.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
28
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
5.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
70
Embodied Water, L/kg 1150
200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 12 to 23
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220 to 350
200
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 31
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28 to 36
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 46
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 18
14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93.4 to 95.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 0
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 4.2 to 5.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.35
45.6 to 52.9
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.15 to 0.35
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.050
21 to 23
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.1 to 0.16
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.050
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0