2014 Aluminum vs. 5754 Aluminum
Both 2014 aluminum and 5754 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 2014 aluminum and the bottom bar is 5754 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.5 to 16 | |
| 2.0 to 19 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 90 to 160 | |
| 66 to 140 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 130 to 290 | |
| 120 to 190 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 190 to 500 | |
| 200 to 330 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 100 to 440 | |
| 80 to 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 630 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 510 | |
| 600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 870 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 150 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 40 | |
| 33 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 120 | |
| 110 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.0 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1130 | |
| 1180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 6.6 to 56 | |
| 6.1 to 32 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 76 to 1330 | |
| 47 to 580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 46 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 46 | |
| 21 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 46 | |
| 28 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 58 | |
| 54 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.4 to 22 | |
| 8.9 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 90.4 to 95 | |
| 94.2 to 97.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.9 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 2.6 to 3.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |