S45503 Stainless Steel vs. EN AC-41000 Aluminum
S45503 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN AC-41000 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, 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 S45503 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN AC-41000 aluminum.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 410 to 500 | |
57 to 97 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
69 |
Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 to 6.8 | |
4.5 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 710 to 800 | |
58 to 71 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.33 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
26 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1610 to 1850 | |
170 to 280 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1430 to 1700 | |
80 to 210 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
420 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
170 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
640 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
630 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
900 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
23 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
9.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
2.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
8.2 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
150 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
1160 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 110 | |
6.4 to 11 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
51 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 57 to 65 | |
18 to 29 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 43 | |
26 to 35 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 to 64 | |
7.8 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
95.2 to 97.6 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Iron (Fe), % | 72.4 to 78.9 | |
0 to 0.6 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
0.45 to 0.65 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0.3 to 0.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
1.6 to 2.4 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
0.050 to 0.2 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.15 |