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5088 Aluminum vs. N08800 Stainless Steel

5088 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while N08800 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 5088 aluminum and the bottom bar is N08800 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
200
Elongation at Break, % 29
4.5 to 34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 180
150 to 390
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 25
77
Shear Strength, MPa 200
340 to 580
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 310
500 to 1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 150
190 to 830

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 540
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 29
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 98
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
30
Density, g/cm3 2.7
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.0
5.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
76
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 76
42 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170
96 to 1740
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
18 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 38
18 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 51
3.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
13 to 25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 92.4 to 94.8
0.15 to 0.6
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.15
19 to 23
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.75
Iron (Fe), % 0.1 to 0.35
39.5 to 50.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 4.7 to 5.5
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.5
0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
30 to 35
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.6
Zinc (Zn), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.15
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0