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EN 1.3543 Stainless Steel vs. 4045 Aluminum

EN 1.3543 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 4045 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 1.3543 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 4045 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
71
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
27
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730
120

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
540
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
600
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
580
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 22
170
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
21

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
45
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.0
160

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.0
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
2.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.3
7.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 32
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
1070

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
54
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
13
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.1
74
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26
5.7

Alloy Composition


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Aluminum (Al), % 0
87.4 to 91
Carbon (C), % 1.0 to 1.2
0
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 79.1 to 83.6
0 to 0.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.050
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.050
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.4 to 0.8
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
9.0 to 11
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15