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5052 Aluminum vs. SAE-AISI 52100 Steel

5052 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 52100 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 5052 aluminum and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 52100 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 46 to 83
180 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 22
10 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 66 to 140
250 to 340
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
72
Shear Strength, MPa 120 to 180
370 to 420
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 190 to 320
590 to 2010
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 75 to 280
360 to 560

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 610
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140
47
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
12 to 13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 35
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 120
8.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
2.4
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.6
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 1190
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 1.7 to 69
54 to 310
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 41 to 590
350 to 840
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 33
21 to 72
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 38
20 to 45
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 57
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.3 to 14
19 to 61

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 95.8 to 97.7
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.93 to 1.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0.15 to 0.35
1.4 to 1.6
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
96.5 to 97.3
Magnesium (Mg), % 2.2 to 2.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0.25 to 0.45
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants