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5182 Aluminum vs. AISI 420 Stainless Steel

5182 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 420 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 5182 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 420 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 12
8.0 to 15
Fatigue Strength, MPa 100 to 130
220 to 670
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 25
76
Shear Strength, MPa 170 to 240
420 to 1010
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 280 to 420
690 to 1720
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 130 to 360
380 to 1310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
620
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1510
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 590
1450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
27
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 28
3.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 94
3.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
7.5
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.9
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
100

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 2.6 to 49
88 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120 to 950
380 to 4410
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 44
25 to 62
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36 to 47
22 to 41
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 53
7.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 19
25 to 62

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93.2 to 95.8
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.15 to 0.4
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
12 to 14
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.15
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.35
82.3 to 87.9
Magnesium (Mg), % 4.0 to 5.0
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.75
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.1
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants