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5050 Aluminum vs. S41425 Stainless Steel

5050 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S41425 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 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 5050 aluminum and the bottom bar is S41425 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 36 to 68
280
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.7 to 22
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 45 to 100
450
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Shear Strength, MPa 91 to 140
570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 140 to 250
920
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 50 to 210
750

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
810
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 630
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 190
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 50
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 170
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
13
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.4
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
40
Embodied Water, L/kg 1190
120

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 4.1 to 24
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 18 to 330
1420
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15 to 26
33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 33
27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 79
4.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 6.3 to 11
33

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 15
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
74 to 81.9
Magnesium (Mg), % 1.1 to 1.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0.5 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
4.0 to 7.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.060 to 0.12
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0