5083 Aluminum vs. AISI 304LN Stainless Steel
5083 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 304LN stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 32 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 5083 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 304LN stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 75 to 110 | |
| 190 to 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 17 | |
| 7.8 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 93 to 190 | |
| 200 to 440 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 170 to 220 | |
| 400 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 290 to 390 | |
| 580 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 to 340 | |
| 230 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 65 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 580 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 29 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 96 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.9 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1170 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 4.2 to 42 | |
| 83 to 270 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 95 to 860 | |
| 140 to 1900 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 40 | |
| 21 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 36 to 44 | |
| 20 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 48 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 17 | |
| 13 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 92.4 to 95.6 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.050 to 0.25 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 65 to 73.9 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 4.0 to 4.9 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 12 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |