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5052 Aluminum vs. S32760 Stainless Steel

5052 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S32760 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 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 5052 aluminum and the bottom bar is S32760 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 46 to 83
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 22
28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 66 to 140
450
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
80
Shear Strength, MPa 120 to 180
550
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 190 to 320
850
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 75 to 280
620

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 610
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 35
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 120
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
22
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.6
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
57
Embodied Water, L/kg 1190
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 1.7 to 69
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 41 to 590
930
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 33
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 38
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 57
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.3 to 14
23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 95.8 to 97.7
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0.15 to 0.35
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0.5 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
57.6 to 65.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 2.2 to 2.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
6.0 to 8.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.010
Tungsten (W), % 0
0.5 to 1.0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0