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5252 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4935 Stainless Steel

5252 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4935 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 1.4935 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.5 to 11
16 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 100 to 110
350 to 400
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 25
76
Shear Strength, MPa 140 to 160
480 to 540
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 230 to 290
780 to 880
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 170 to 240
570 to 670

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
740
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 610
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 910
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 34
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 120
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
9.0
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.7
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 1190
100

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 12 to 23
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210 to 430
830 to 1160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 30
28 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 31 to 36
24 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 57
6.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 10 to 13
27 to 30

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 96.6 to 97.8
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.17 to 0.24
Chromium (Cr), % 0
11 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
83 to 86.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 2.2 to 2.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0.3 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0.3 to 0.8
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.080
0.1 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Tungsten (W), % 0
0.4 to 0.6
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.050
0.2 to 0.35
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.050
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.1
0

Comparable Variants