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5005 Aluminum vs. S30615 Stainless Steel

5005 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S30615 stainless steel belongs to the iron 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 5005 aluminum and the bottom bar is S30615 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 28 to 64
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 23
39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 38 to 86
270
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
75
Shear Strength, MPa 70 to 130
470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 110 to 230
690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 41 to 210
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
340
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
960
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1370
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 630
1320
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
500
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 200
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
19
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
3.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 1190
170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 2.3 to 22
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 12 to 320
260
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 11 to 23
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 31
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 82
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 4.9 to 10
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 97 to 99.5
0.8 to 1.5
Carbon (C), % 0
0.16 to 0.24
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
17 to 19.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
56.7 to 65.3
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.5 to 1.1
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
13.5 to 16
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
3.2 to 4.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0