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5050 Aluminum vs. EN 1.6982 Stainless Steel

5050 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.6982 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 1.6982 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.7 to 22
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 45 to 100
350
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 140 to 250
800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 50 to 210
570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
770
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
25
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 50
2.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 170
3.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
10
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.4
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
33
Embodied Water, L/kg 1190
110

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 4.1 to 24
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 18 to 330
820
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15 to 26
28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 33
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 79
6.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 6.3 to 11
29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 96.3 to 98.9
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
12 to 13.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
78.7 to 84.5
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
3.5 to 5.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0