8090 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4424 Stainless Steel
8090 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4424 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 8090 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4424 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 67 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.5 to 13 | |
| 28 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 91 to 140 | |
| 350 to 370 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 25 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 490 | |
| 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 420 | |
| 480 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 660 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 600 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 960 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 95 to 160 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 20 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 66 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.6 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 170 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1160 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 16 to 41 | |
| 190 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 340 to 1330 | |
| 580 to 640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 34 to 49 | |
| 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 50 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 36 to 60 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 22 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 93 to 98.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.0 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 68.6 to 72.4 |
| Lithium (Li), % | 2.2 to 2.7 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.6 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.2 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 4.5 to 5.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 1.4 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.040 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |