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5049 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4313 Stainless Steel

5049 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 (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 EN 1.4313 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 69
200
Elongation at Break, % 2.0 to 18
12 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 79 to 130
340 to 510
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
76
Shear Strength, MPa 130 to 190
460 to 600
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 210 to 330
750 to 1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 91 to 280
580 to 910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
780
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
25
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 35
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 8.5
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
34
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
110

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 6.0 to 31
110 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 59 to 570
870 to 2100
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 34
27 to 36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29 to 39
23 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 56
6.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.3 to 15
27 to 36

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 94.7 to 97.9
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
12 to 14
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
78.5 to 84.2
Magnesium (Mg), % 1.6 to 2.5
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.1
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 0.4
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.1
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants