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5010 Aluminum vs. SAE-AISI 1095 Steel

5010 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1095 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 5010 aluminum and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1095 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 27 to 62
200 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 69
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 23
10 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 35 to 83
310 to 370
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
72
Shear Strength, MPa 64 to 120
400 to 540
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 100 to 210
680 to 900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 38 to 190
500 to 590

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
240
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 630
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 200
47
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 45
9.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 150
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
1.8
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.2
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 1190
45

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 2.3 to 20
63 to 84
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 10 to 270
660 to 930
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 10 to 22
24 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 29
22 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 82
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 4.5 to 9.4
22 to 29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 97.1 to 99.7
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.9 to 1.0
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.15
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
98.4 to 98.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.2 to 0.6
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.1 to 0.3
0.3 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.050
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.1
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.3
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0