K93050 Alloy vs. 5457 Aluminum
K93050 alloy belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 5457 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 19 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 K93050 alloy and the bottom bar is 5457 aluminum.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
68 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
0.33 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
26 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 680 | |
130 to 210 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
660 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
630 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
900 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
24 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
9.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
2.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.7 | |
8.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 65 | |
160 |
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 | 17 to 23 | |
13 to 21 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 21 | |
21 to 28 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 21 | |
5.7 to 9.0 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
97.8 to 99.05 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
0 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 |
Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Iron (Fe), % | 61.4 to 63.9 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
0.8 to 1.2 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0.15 to 0.45 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 36 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 |
Selenium (Se), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |