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EN 1.3542 Stainless Steel vs. 1060 Aluminum

EN 1.3542 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 1060 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, 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 EN 1.3542 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 1060 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
68
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720
67 to 130

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 770
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
660
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
650
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 29
230
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.1
62
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.6
210

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.5
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 29
160
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
1200

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
6.9 to 13
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
14 to 21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.9
96
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26
3.0 to 5.6

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
99.6 to 100
Carbon (C), % 0.6 to 0.7
0
Chromium (Cr), % 12.5 to 14.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.050
Iron (Fe), % 82.7 to 87.5
0 to 0.35
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.030
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.030
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.75
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.050
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.050