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EN 1.4662 Stainless Steel vs. 5056 Aluminum

EN 1.4662 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 5056 aluminum belongs to the aluminum 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 EN 1.4662 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 5056 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
67
Elongation at Break, % 28
4.9 to 31
Fatigue Strength, MPa 430 to 450
140 to 200
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
25
Shear Strength, MPa 520 to 540
170 to 240
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 810 to 830
290 to 460
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 580 to 620
150 to 410

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1090
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
910
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
29
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
99

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
9.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 45
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210
12 to 140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 840 to 940
170 to 1220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 30
30 to 48
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
36 to 50
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
53
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22
13 to 20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
93 to 95.4
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 25
0.050 to 0.2
Copper (Cu), % 0.1 to 0.8
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 70.2
0 to 0.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
4.5 to 5.6
Manganese (Mn), % 2.5 to 4.0
0.050 to 0.2
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.0 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.0 to 4.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15