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5652 Aluminum vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel

5652 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AISI 205 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 5652 aluminum and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 47 to 77
210 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
200
Elongation at Break, % 6.8 to 25
11 to 51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 60 to 140
410 to 640
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Shear Strength, MPa 110 to 170
560 to 850
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 190 to 290
800 to 1430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 74 to 260
450 to 1100

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 610
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
11
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.6
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 1190
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 12 to 39
150 to 430
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 40 to 480
510 to 3060
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20 to 30
29 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 36
25 to 37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.4 to 13
16 to 29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 95.8 to 97.7
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.12 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 0.15 to 0.35
16.5 to 18.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.040
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
62.6 to 68.1
Magnesium (Mg), % 2.2 to 2.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.010
14 to 15.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
1.0 to 1.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.32 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants