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EN AC-51500 Aluminum vs. AISI 420 Stainless Steel

EN AC-51500 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 420 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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-51500 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 420 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 80
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
190
Elongation at Break, % 5.6
8.0 to 15
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
220 to 670
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 280
690 to 1720
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 160
380 to 1310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 430
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
620
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 630
1510
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 590
1450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 910
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
27
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 26
3.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 88
3.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
7.5
Density, g/cm3 2.6
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.0
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 1150
100

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 13
88 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190
380 to 4410
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 52
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
25 to 62
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36
22 to 41
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 49
7.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
25 to 62

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 89.8 to 93.1
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.15 to 0.4
Chromium (Cr), % 0
12 to 14
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
82.3 to 87.9
Magnesium (Mg), % 4.7 to 6.0
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.8
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.75
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 1.8 to 2.6
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.070
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0