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EN 1.4460 Stainless Steel vs. 4047 Aluminum

EN 1.4460 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 4047 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 1.4460 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 4047 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
72
Elongation at Break, % 21
3.4
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330
45
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
27
Shear Strength, MPa 470
69
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
120
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 510
64

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
570
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
580
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
580
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
21

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
33
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
120

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
2.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
7.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
1050

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
3.5
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 640
28
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
16
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
55
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
13
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
59
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
5.6

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
85.3 to 89
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0
Chromium (Cr), % 25 to 28
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 60.2 to 69.2
0 to 0.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.15
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.3 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 6.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.050 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
11 to 13
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15