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5056 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4418 Stainless Steel

5056 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4418 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 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 5056 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4418 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 67
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.9 to 31
16 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 140 to 200
350 to 480
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 25
77
Shear Strength, MPa 170 to 240
530 to 620
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 290 to 460
860 to 1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 150 to 410
540 to 790

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 570
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 910
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 29
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 99
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
13
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.0
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 12 to 140
130 to 170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170 to 1220
730 to 1590
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30 to 48
31 to 36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36 to 50
26 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 53
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
31 to 36

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93 to 95.4
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0.050 to 0.2
15 to 17
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
73.2 to 80.2
Magnesium (Mg), % 4.5 to 5.6
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.050 to 0.2
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.8 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
4.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants