EN 1.4307 Stainless Steel vs. 336.0 Aluminum
EN 1.4307 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 336.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 1.4307 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 336.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 270 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 75 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 46 | |
| 0.5 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 320 | |
| 80 to 93 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 28 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 550 | |
| 190 to 250 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 900 | |
| 250 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 to 570 | |
| 190 to 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 570 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 570 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 540 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 890 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 29 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 95 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 1010 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 210 | |
| 1.1 to 1.6 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 810 | |
| 250 to 580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 25 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 12 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 79.1 to 85.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17.5 to 19.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.8 to 74.5 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |