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4343 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel

4343 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4938 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 4343 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4938 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.4
16 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 45
390 to 520
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
76
Shear Strength, MPa 64
540 to 630
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 110
870 to 1030
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 62
640 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 510
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 160
750
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 620
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 580
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 180
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 44
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 150
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
10
Density, g/cm3 2.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.9
3.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 1100
110

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 4.1
140 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 27
1050 to 1920
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 53
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 12
31 to 37
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
26 to 29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 77
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 5.2
30 to 35

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.3 to 93.2
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.080 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0
11 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.8
80.5 to 84.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0.4 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.020 to 0.040
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 6.8 to 8.2
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.25 to 0.4
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0