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5049 Aluminum vs. AISI 304N Stainless Steel

5049 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 304N stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 304N stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 52 to 88
190 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 69
200
Elongation at Break, % 2.0 to 18
9.1 to 45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 79 to 130
220 to 440
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Shear Strength, MPa 130 to 190
420 to 700
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 210 to 330
620 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 91 to 280
270 to 850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
960
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 620
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
16

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
15
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.5
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 6.0 to 31
98 to 280
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 59 to 570
180 to 1830
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 34
22 to 42
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29 to 39
21 to 32
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 56
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.3 to 15
14 to 26

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 94.7 to 97.9
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
66.4 to 73.9
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 10.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.1 to 0.16
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