5042 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4313 Stainless Steel
5042 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4313 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 5042 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4313 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 3.4 | |
| 12 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 97 to 120 | |
| 340 to 510 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 200 | |
| 460 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 360 | |
| 750 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 310 | |
| 580 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 780 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 570 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 33 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 110 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.8 | |
| 2.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 34 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1180 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 3.6 to 12 | |
| 110 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 550 to 720 | |
| 870 to 2100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 37 | |
| 27 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 40 to 42 | |
| 23 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 53 | |
| 6.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 27 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 94.2 to 96.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 78.5 to 84.2 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |