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EN AC-44000 Aluminum vs. AISI 304L Stainless Steel

EN AC-44000 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 304L stainless steel belongs to the iron 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 AC-44000 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 304L stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 51
160 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
200
Elongation at Break, % 7.3
6.7 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 64
170 to 430
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 180
540 to 1160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 86
190 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 560
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
540
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 590
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 590
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 910
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 36
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 130
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
16
Density, g/cm3 2.5
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.8
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 1070
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 11
71 to 240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 51
92 to 1900
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 16
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 55
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20
19 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
19 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 61
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.4
12 to 25

Alloy Composition


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Aluminum (Al), % 87.1 to 90
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.19
65 to 74
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.45
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
8.0 to 12
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 10 to 11.8
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.070
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.1
0