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5050 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4421 Stainless Steel

5050 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4421 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 5050 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4421 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.7 to 22
11 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 45 to 100
380 to 520
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 140 to 250
880 to 1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 50 to 210
620 to 950

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 630
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 190
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 50
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 170
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
12
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.4
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
36
Embodied Water, L/kg 1190
130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 4.1 to 24
120 to 140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 18 to 330
960 to 2270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15 to 26
31 to 39
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 33
26 to 30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 79
4.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 6.3 to 11
31 to 39

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 96.3 to 98.9
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
15.5 to 17.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
74.4 to 80.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 1.1 to 1.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 0
4.0 to 5.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.020
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants