MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

5454 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel

5454 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4606 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 5454 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4606 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 69
190
Elongation at Break, % 2.3 to 18
23 to 39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 83 to 160
240 to 420
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
75
Shear Strength, MPa 140 to 200
410 to 640
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 230 to 350
600 to 1020
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 97 to 290
280 to 630

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 600
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 34
1.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 110
2.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
26
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.6
6.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
87
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 6.3 to 34
190 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 68 to 590
200 to 1010
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 36
21 to 36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 30 to 41
20 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 55
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 10 to 16
21 to 35

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 94.5 to 97.1
0 to 0.35
Boron (B), % 0
0.0010 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0.050 to 0.2
13 to 16
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
49.2 to 59
Magnesium (Mg), % 2.4 to 3.0
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.0
1.0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
24 to 27
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
1.9 to 2.3
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.5
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0