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EN 1.3543 Stainless Steel vs. 3104 Aluminum

EN 1.3543 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 3104 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, 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 1.3543 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 3104 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
70
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730
170 to 310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
600
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 22
160
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
41
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.0
130

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.0
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.3
8.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 32
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
1180

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
17 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
25 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.1
64
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26
7.6 to 13

Alloy Composition


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Aluminum (Al), % 0
95.1 to 98.4
Carbon (C), % 1.0 to 1.2
0
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.050 to 0.25
Gallium (Ga), % 0
0 to 0.050
Iron (Fe), % 79.1 to 83.6
0 to 0.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.8 to 1.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.8 to 1.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.4 to 0.8
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.1
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.050
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15