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238.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4903 Stainless Steel

238.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4903 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 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 238.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4903 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 76
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.5
20 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 110
320 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 28
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 210
670 to 680
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 170
500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 430
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
650
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 600
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 510
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 840
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 100
26
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 25
3.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 67
4.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
7.0
Density, g/cm3 3.4
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.4
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
36
Embodied Water, L/kg 1040
88

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 2.9
120 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180
650
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 12
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 42
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 37
7.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.1
23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 81.9 to 84.9
0 to 0.040
Carbon (C), % 0
0.080 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 0
8.0 to 9.5
Copper (Cu), % 9.5 to 10.5
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 1.0 to 1.5
87.1 to 90.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.25
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.85 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.4
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.060 to 0.1
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.030 to 0.070
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 3.6 to 4.4
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.18 to 0.25
Zinc (Zn), % 1.0 to 1.5
0