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5049 Aluminum vs. AISI 304L Stainless Steel

5049 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 304L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 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 5049 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 304L stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 52 to 88
160 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 69
200
Elongation at Break, % 2.0 to 18
6.7 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 79 to 130
170 to 430
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Shear Strength, MPa 130 to 190
370 to 680
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 210 to 330
540 to 1160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 91 to 280
190 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
540
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 620
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 35
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 110
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
16
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.5
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 6.0 to 31
71 to 240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 59 to 570
92 to 1900
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 34
19 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29 to 39
19 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 56
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.3 to 15
12 to 25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 94.7 to 97.9
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
65 to 74
Magnesium (Mg), % 1.6 to 2.5
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.1
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), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.1
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants