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EN 1.4458 Stainless Steel vs. EN AC-42100 Aluminum

EN 1.4458 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN AC-42100 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 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 1.4458 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN AC-42100 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
91
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
70
Elongation at Break, % 34
3.4 to 9.0
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150
76 to 82
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 510
280 to 290
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
210 to 230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
500
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
610
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
600
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
910
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
22

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
41
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
140

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 30
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.0
2.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.4
8.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 75
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
1110

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
9.1 to 23
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 89
300 to 370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
53
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
30 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
37 to 38
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
66
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
13

Alloy Composition


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Aluminum (Al), % 0
91.3 to 93.3
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 22
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.050
Iron (Fe), % 40.2 to 53
0 to 0.19
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.25 to 0.45
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 26 to 30
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
6.5 to 7.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.25
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.070
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.1