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SAE-AISI M41 Steel vs. 5052 Aluminum

SAE-AISI M41 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 5052 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, 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 SAE-AISI M41 steel and the bottom bar is 5052 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
68
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 2290
190 to 320

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1600
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1550
610
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 440
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 22
140
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 33
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.4
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.1
8.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
1190

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26 to 76
19 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 46
27 to 38
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.0
57
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 71
8.3 to 14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
95.8 to 97.7
Carbon (C), % 1.1 to 1.2
0
Chromium (Cr), % 3.8 to 4.5
0.15 to 0.35
Cobalt (Co), % 4.8 to 5.8
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 73.4 to 78.9
0 to 0.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
2.2 to 2.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.6
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.3 to 4.3
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.5
0 to 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tungsten (W), % 6.3 to 7.0
0
Vanadium (V), % 1.8 to 2.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15

Comparable Variants