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5454 Aluminum vs. S35500 Stainless Steel

5454 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S35500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 S35500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 69
200
Elongation at Break, % 2.3 to 18
14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 83 to 160
690 to 730
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
78
Shear Strength, MPa 140 to 200
810 to 910
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 230 to 350
1330 to 1490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 97 to 290
1200 to 1280

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 600
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 130
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 34
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 110
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
16
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.6
3.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 6.3 to 34
180 to 190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 68 to 590
3610 to 4100
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 36
47 to 53
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 30 to 41
34 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 55
4.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 10 to 16
44 to 49

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 94.5 to 97.1
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.1 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0.050 to 0.2
15 to 16
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
73.2 to 77.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 2.4 to 3.0
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.0
0.5 to 1.3
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.5 to 3.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.070 to 0.13
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants