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5652 Aluminum vs. S24000 Stainless Steel

5652 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S24000 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 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 5652 aluminum and the bottom bar is S24000 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 47 to 77
210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
200
Elongation at Break, % 6.8 to 25
39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 60 to 140
370
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Shear Strength, MPa 110 to 170
530
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 190 to 290
770
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 74 to 260
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 610
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
12
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.6
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 1190
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 12 to 39
260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 40 to 480
470
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20 to 30
28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 36
24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.4 to 13
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 95.8 to 97.7
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0.15 to 0.35
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.040
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
61.5 to 69
Magnesium (Mg), % 2.2 to 2.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.010
11.5 to 14.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
2.3 to 3.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0