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EN AC-51500 Aluminum vs. S21460 Stainless Steel

EN AC-51500 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S21460 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 S21460 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 80
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
200
Elongation at Break, % 5.6
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
390
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 280
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 160
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 430
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 630
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 590
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 910
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
14
Density, g/cm3 2.6
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.0
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 1150
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 13
320
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 52
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36
26
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 89.8 to 93.1
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 0
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
57.3 to 63.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 4.7 to 6.0
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.8
14 to 16
Nickel (Ni), % 0
5.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.35 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.060
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