EN 1.4945 Stainless Steel vs. 5040 Aluminum
EN 1.4945 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 5040 aluminum belongs to the aluminum 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 EN 1.4945 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 5040 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 220 | |
| 66 to 74 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 to 34 | |
| 5.7 to 6.8 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 350 | |
| 100 to 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 460 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 740 | |
| 240 to 260 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 550 | |
| 190 to 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 920 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1490 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 160 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 41 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.2 | |
| 130 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.0 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 73 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 1180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 180 | |
| 14 to 15 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 760 | |
| 260 to 380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 31 to 32 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 64 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 10 to 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 95.2 to 98 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.040 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 57.9 to 65.7 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.9 to 1.4 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.4 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.060 to 0.14 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |