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EN 1.4557 Stainless Steel vs. 5254 Aluminum

EN 1.4557 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 5254 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 29 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 EN 1.4557 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 5254 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
68
Elongation at Break, % 40
3.4 to 22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 260
110 to 160
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 560
240 to 350
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
100 to 270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1090
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
590
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.0
32
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
8.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
11 to 41
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210
73 to 550
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
25 to 37
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
32 to 41
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
52
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
10 to 16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
94.4 to 96.8
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0
Chromium (Cr), % 19.5 to 20.5
0.15 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.0
0 to 0.050
Iron (Fe), % 49.5 to 56.3
0 to 0.45
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
3.1 to 3.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.2
0 to 0.010
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 0.45
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15