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5083 Aluminum vs. SAE-AISI 5130 Steel

5083 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 5130 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 5083 aluminum and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 5130 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 75 to 110
150 to 190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 17
12 to 22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 93 to 190
230 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
73
Shear Strength, MPa 170 to 220
310 to 390
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 290 to 390
500 to 640
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 110 to 340
330 to 530

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 580
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
45
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 29
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 96
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
2.2
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.9
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 1170
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 4.2 to 42
74 to 98
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 95 to 860
290 to 750
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 40
18 to 23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36 to 44
18 to 21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 48
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 17
16 to 20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 92.4 to 95.6
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.28 to 0.33
Chromium (Cr), % 0.050 to 0.25
0.8 to 1.1
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
97.2 to 98.1
Magnesium (Mg), % 4.0 to 4.9
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 1.0
0.7 to 0.9
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.040
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants