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EN AC-21100 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4529 Stainless Steel

EN AC-21100 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4529 stainless steel belongs to the iron 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 AC-21100 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4529 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 100 to 110
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
200
Elongation at Break, % 6.2 to 7.3
43
Fatigue Strength, MPa 79 to 87
310
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 340 to 350
750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210 to 240
340

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 670
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 550
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 34
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 100
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
33
Density, g/cm3 3.0
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
6.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
84
Embodied Water, L/kg 1150
200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19 to 21
260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 300 to 400
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31 to 33
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36 to 37
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 48
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
17

Alloy Composition


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Aluminum (Al), % 93.4 to 95.7
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 0
19 to 21
Copper (Cu), % 4.2 to 5.2
0.5 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.19
42.7 to 50.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.55
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
6.0 to 7.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
24 to 26
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.15 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.18
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.070
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.1
0