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5182 Aluminum vs. AISI 334 Stainless Steel

5182 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 334 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 5182 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 334 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 12
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 100 to 130
150
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 25
77
Shear Strength, MPa 170 to 240
360
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 280 to 420
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 130 to 360
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 590
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
22
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.9
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 2.6 to 49
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120 to 950
96
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 44
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36 to 47
19
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 19
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93.2 to 95.8
0.15 to 0.6
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.15
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.35
55.7 to 62.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 4.0 to 5.0
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
19 to 21
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.1
0.15 to 0.6
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0