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296.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4596 Stainless Steel

296.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4596 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, 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 296.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4596 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 72
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 260 to 270
1030 to 1600

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 420
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
790
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 630
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 540
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
15
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.8
3.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
48
Embodied Water, L/kg 1110
130

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 25
36 to 56
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 30 to 31
29 to 39
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
35 to 54

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 89 to 94
0.8 to 1.1
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 0
11.5 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 4.0 to 5.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.2
73.4 to 76.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.35
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.9 to 2.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.35
9.2 to 10.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 2.0 to 3.0
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0.28 to 0.4
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.5
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.35
0