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AISI 420 Stainless Steel vs. 5056 Aluminum

AISI 420 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 5056 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 AISI 420 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 5056 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
67
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 15
4.9 to 31
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 670
140 to 200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
25
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 1010
170 to 240
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690 to 1720
290 to 460
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 380 to 1310
150 to 410

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 620
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1510
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
910
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 27
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.0
29
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.5
99

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.5
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
9.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 88 to 130
12 to 140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 4410
170 to 1220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 62
30 to 48
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 41
36 to 50
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.3
53
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 62
13 to 20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
93 to 95.4
Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.4
0
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 14
0.050 to 0.2
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 82.3 to 87.9
0 to 0.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
4.5 to 5.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.050 to 0.2
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.75
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15

Comparable Variants