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AISI 420 Stainless Steel vs. 5154 Aluminum

AISI 420 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 5154 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 5154 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
68
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 15
3.4 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 670
100 to 160
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
26
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 1010
140 to 210
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690 to 1720
240 to 360
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 380 to 1310
94 to 270

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
590
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 27
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.0
32
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.5
110

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
8.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 88 to 130
11 to 39
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 4410
64 to 540
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 62
25 to 37
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 41
32 to 42
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.3
52
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 62
10 to 16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
94.4 to 96.8
Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.4
0
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 14
0.15 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 82.3 to 87.9
0 to 0.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
3.1 to 3.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.1
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 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15

Comparable Variants