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EN 1.4959 Stainless Steel vs. A360.0 Aluminum

EN 1.4959 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while A360.0 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 1.4959 stainless steel and the bottom bar is A360.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
72
Elongation at Break, % 40
1.6 to 5.0
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
82 to 150
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
27
Shear Strength, MPa 430
180
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
180 to 320
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
170 to 260

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
530
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1090
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
680
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
590
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
110
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
21

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
30
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.0
100

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.0
2.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.4
7.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
1070

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
4.6 to 13
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 96
190 to 470
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
53
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
19 to 34
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
27 to 39
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
48
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
8.5 to 15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.25 to 0.65
85.8 to 90.6
Carbon (C), % 0.050 to 0.1
0
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 22
0
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 0.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 39.4 to 50.5
0 to 1.3
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.4 to 0.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.35
Nickel (Ni), % 30 to 34
0 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
9.0 to 10
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.15
Titanium (Ti), % 0.25 to 0.65
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.5
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.25