5050 Aluminum vs. SAE-AISI 1022 Steel
5050 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1022 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 5050 aluminum and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1022 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 36 to 68 | |
| 150 to 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.7 to 22 | |
| 17 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 45 to 100 | |
| 190 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 91 to 140 | |
| 310 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 140 to 250 | |
| 480 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 50 to 210 | |
| 260 to 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 630 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 190 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 50 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 170 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1190 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 4.1 to 24 | |
| 88 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 18 to 330 | |
| 190 to 530 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 26 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 33 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 79 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.3 to 11 | |
| 15 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 96.3 to 98.9 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.18 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 98.7 to 99.12 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 1.1 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |