319.0 Aluminum vs. 5456 Aluminum
Both 319.0 aluminum and 5456 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 319.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is 5456 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.8 to 2.0 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 76 to 80 | |
| 130 to 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 170 to 210 | |
| 190 to 210 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 190 to 240 | |
| 320 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 to 180 | |
| 150 to 250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 600 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 540 | |
| 570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 880 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 27 | |
| 29 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 84 | |
| 97 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.9 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.7 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1080 | |
| 1170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 3.3 to 3.9 | |
| 33 to 46 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 88 to 220 | |
| 170 to 470 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 48 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 24 | |
| 33 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 30 | |
| 38 to 40 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 44 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.6 to 11 | |
| 14 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 85.8 to 91.5 | |
| 92 to 94.8 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 4.7 to 5.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |