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EN AC-51500 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4945 Stainless Steel

EN AC-51500 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4945 stainless steel belongs to the iron 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 AC-51500 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4945 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 80
200 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
200
Elongation at Break, % 5.6
19 to 34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
230 to 350
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 280
640 to 740
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 160
290 to 550

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 430
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 630
1490
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 590
1440
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 910
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 26
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 88
3.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
30
Density, g/cm3 2.6
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.0
5.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
73
Embodied Water, L/kg 1150
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 13
130 to 180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190
210 to 760
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 52
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
22 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36
20 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 49
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
14 to 16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 89.8 to 93.1
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.040 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0
15.5 to 17.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
57.9 to 65.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 4.7 to 6.0
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.8
0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
15.5 to 17.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.4 to 1.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.060 to 0.14
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 1.8 to 2.6
0.3 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
2.5 to 3.5
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.070
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0