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5652 Aluminum vs. S28200 Stainless Steel

5652 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while S28200 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 S28200 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 47 to 77
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
200
Elongation at Break, % 6.8 to 25
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 60 to 140
430
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
77
Shear Strength, MPa 110 to 170
610
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 190 to 290
870
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 74 to 260
460

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 610
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
18

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
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 1190
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 12 to 39
330
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 40 to 480
540
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20 to 30
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 36
27
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.4 to 13
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 95.8 to 97.7
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0.15 to 0.35
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.040
0.75 to 1.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
57.7 to 64.1
Magnesium (Mg), % 2.2 to 2.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.010
17 to 19
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.75 to 1.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.4 to 0.6
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
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