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S20910 Stainless Steel vs. 5052 Aluminum

S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 5052 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 5052 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230 to 290
46 to 83
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
68
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 39
1.1 to 22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 310 to 460
66 to 140
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
26
Shear Strength, MPa 500 to 570
120 to 180
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780 to 940
190 to 320
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 810
75 to 280

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
610
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
140
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
8.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
1190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120 to 260
1.7 to 69
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 1640
41 to 590
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 33
19 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 27
27 to 38
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.6
57
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 21
8.3 to 14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
95.8 to 97.7
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0.15 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 52.1 to 62.1
0 to 0.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
2.2 to 2.8
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15

Comparable Variants