EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. 5456 Aluminum
EN 1.4020 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 5456 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 EN 1.4020 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 5456 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 34 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 540 | |
| 130 to 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 190 to 210 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 1130 | |
| 320 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 950 | |
| 150 to 250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 65 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 24 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 1170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 220 | |
| 33 to 46 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 2290 | |
| 170 to 470 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 33 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 32 | |
| 38 to 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 14 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 92 to 94.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 19 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.8 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 4.7 to 5.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11 to 14 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |