EN AC-48000 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4482 Stainless Steel
EN AC-48000 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4482 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 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-48000 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4482 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 85 to 86 | |
| 420 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 28 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 to 310 | |
| 770 to 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 270 | |
| 530 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 570 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 600 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 560 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 890 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 33 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 110 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1030 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.2 to 3.0 | |
| 230 to 250 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 300 to 510 | |
| 690 to 820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 53 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 33 | |
| 28 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 to 39 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 54 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 15 | |
| 21 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 80.4 to 87.2 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19.5 to 21.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 66.1 to 74.9 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.7 to 1.3 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 10.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |