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336.0 Aluminum vs. EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel

336.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.3956 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 336.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.3956 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 75
200
Elongation at Break, % 0.5
27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 80 to 93
240
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 28
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 250 to 320
650
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 300
330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 570
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 210
1080
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 570
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 540
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 890
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 19
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
22
Density, g/cm3 2.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.9
4.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
68
Embodied Water, L/kg 1010
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 1.1 to 1.6
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250 to 580
270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 32
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32 to 38
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 16
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 79.1 to 85.8
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0
20.5 to 23.5
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.2
51.9 to 62.1
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.7 to 1.3
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.35
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 2.0 to 3.0
11.5 to 13.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 11 to 13
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.35
0