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EN AC-45100 Aluminum vs. S15500 Stainless Steel

EN AC-45100 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S15500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 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 AC-45100 aluminum and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 97 to 130
290 to 430
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 72
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.0 to 2.8
6.8 to 16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 82 to 99
350 to 650
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 300 to 360
890 to 1490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210 to 320
590 to 1310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 470
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
820
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 630
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 550
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 890
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 30
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 95
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
13
Density, g/cm3 2.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.9
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 1100
130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 3.5 to 7.6
98 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 290 to 710
890 to 4460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 49
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30 to 35
32 to 53
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 35 to 39
26 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 54
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 16
30 to 50

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 88 to 92.8
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 0
14 to 15.5
Copper (Cu), % 2.6 to 3.6
2.5 to 4.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.6
71.9 to 79.9
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.1
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.15 to 0.45
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.55
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.1
3.5 to 5.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.15 to 0.45
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 4.5 to 6.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.050
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0