5252 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4104 Stainless Steel
5252 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4104 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 5252 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4104 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 to 11 | |
| 11 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 100 to 110 | |
| 230 to 310 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 25 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 140 to 160 | |
| 400 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 230 to 290 | |
| 630 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 to 240 | |
| 350 to 560 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 860 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 610 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 910 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 140 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 34 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 120 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 8.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.7 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 30 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1190 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 23 | |
| 77 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 430 | |
| 310 to 800 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 30 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 to 36 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 57 | |
| 6.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 13 | |
| 22 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 96.6 to 97.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 78.8 to 84.1 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 2.2 to 2.8 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |