SAE-AISI 1049 Steel vs. 5457 Aluminum
SAE-AISI 1049 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 5457 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 SAE-AISI 1049 steel and the bottom bar is 5457 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 220 | |
| 32 to 55 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 6.0 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 400 | |
| 55 to 98 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 450 | |
| 85 to 130 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 750 | |
| 130 to 210 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 370 to 640 | |
| 50 to 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 630 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 180 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 46 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 150 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 1190 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 75 to 99 | |
| 12 to 23 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 370 to 1090 | |
| 18 to 250 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 21 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 72 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 5.7 to 9.0 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 97.8 to 99.05 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.46 to 0.53 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.5 to 98.9 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |