5383 Aluminum vs. SAE-AISI 1055 Steel
5383 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1055 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 5383 aluminum and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1055 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 85 to 110 | |
| 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.7 to 15 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 130 to 200 | |
| 260 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 190 to 220 | |
| 440 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 to 370 | |
| 730 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 to 310 | |
| 400 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 540 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 29 | |
| 11 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 97 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.0 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1170 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 23 to 40 | |
| 80 to 85 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 690 | |
| 440 to 1070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 38 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 38 to 42 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 51 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 23 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 92 to 95.3 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 98.4 to 98.9 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 4.0 to 5.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |