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1050 Aluminum vs. AISI 420 Stainless Steel

1050 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 420 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 1050 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 420 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
190
Elongation at Break, % 4.6 to 37
8.0 to 15
Fatigue Strength, MPa 31 to 57
220 to 670
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
76
Shear Strength, MPa 52 to 81
420 to 1010
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 76 to 140
690 to 1720
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 25 to 120
380 to 1310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
620
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1510
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 650
1450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 230
27
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 61
3.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 200
3.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
7.5
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 1200
100

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 5.4 to 22
88 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 4.6 to 110
380 to 4410
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 7.8 to 14
25 to 62
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 22
22 to 41
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 94
7.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 3.4 to 6.2
25 to 62

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 99.5 to 100
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.15 to 0.4
Chromium (Cr), % 0
12 to 14
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
82.3 to 87.9
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.75
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.030
0
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.050
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.050
0

Comparable Variants