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EN 1.4557 Stainless Steel vs. 5049 Aluminum

EN 1.4557 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 5049 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 EN 1.4557 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 5049 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
52 to 88
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
69
Elongation at Break, % 40
2.0 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 260
79 to 130
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 560
210 to 330
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
91 to 280

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1090
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
620
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
140
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.0
35
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.2
110

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 29
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.0
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.6
8.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
6.0 to 31
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210
59 to 570
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
22 to 34
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
29 to 39
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
56
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
9.3 to 15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
94.7 to 97.9
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0
Chromium (Cr), % 19.5 to 20.5
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.0
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 49.5 to 56.3
0 to 0.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
1.6 to 2.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.2
0.5 to 1.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 6.0 to 7.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 17.5 to 19.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.18 to 0.24
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.1
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15