EN 1.4104 Stainless Steel vs. ISO-WD32350 Magnesium
EN 1.4104 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while ISO-WD32350 magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 1.4104 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ISO-WD32350 magnesium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 45 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 23 | |
| 5.7 to 10 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 310 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 18 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 450 | |
| 150 to 170 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 750 | |
| 250 to 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 560 | |
| 140 to 180 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 340 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 860 | |
| 95 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 990 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 25 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 25 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 130 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.5 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 30 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 960 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 120 | |
| 14 to 23 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 to 800 | |
| 210 to 380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 68 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 39 to 46 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 50 to 55 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.7 | |
| 73 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 27 | |
| 16 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.17 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.8 to 84.1 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 95.7 to 97.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.6 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |