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5454 Aluminum vs. AISI 416 Stainless Steel

5454 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 416 stainless 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 5454 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 416 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 61 to 93
230 to 320
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 69
190
Elongation at Break, % 2.3 to 18
13 to 31
Fatigue Strength, MPa 83 to 160
230 to 340
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
76
Shear Strength, MPa 140 to 200
340 to 480
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 230 to 350
510 to 800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 97 to 290
290 to 600

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
680
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1530
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 600
1480
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
9.9

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 34
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 110
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
7.0
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.6
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
27
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
100

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 6.3 to 34
98 to 140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 68 to 590
220 to 940
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 36
18 to 29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 30 to 41
18 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 55
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 10 to 16
19 to 30

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 94.5 to 97.1
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0.050 to 0.2
12 to 14
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
83.2 to 87.9
Magnesium (Mg), % 2.4 to 3.0
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.0
0 to 1.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0.15 to 0.35
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants