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EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel vs. A390.0 Aluminum

EN 1.4301 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while A390.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 1.4301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is A390.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
110 to 140
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
75
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 46
0.87 to 0.91
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 330
70 to 100
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
28
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610 to 900
190 to 290
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 570
190 to 290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
640
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
580
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
480
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
880
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
20

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
20
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
67

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
11
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
7.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
950

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 220
1.6 to 2.6
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120 to 820
240 to 580
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
52
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 32
19 to 30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
27 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
56
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 20
9.0 to 14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
75.3 to 79.6
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Iron (Fe), % 66.8 to 74.5
0 to 0.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.45 to 0.65
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
16 to 18
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.2

Comparable Variants