359.0 Aluminum vs. 5154A Aluminum
Both 359.0 aluminum and 5154A aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 359.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is 5154A aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 90 to 100 | |
| 58 to 100 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.8 to 4.9 | |
| 1.1 to 19 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 100 | |
| 83 to 160 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 220 to 230 | |
| 140 to 210 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 350 | |
| 230 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 280 | |
| 96 to 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 530 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 600 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 570 | |
| 600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 910 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 140 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 35 | |
| 32 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 120 | |
| 110 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1090 | |
| 1180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 15 | |
| 4.0 to 36 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 450 to 540 | |
| 68 to 760 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 54 | |
| 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 37 to 38 | |
| 24 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 42 to 43 | |
| 31 to 43 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 59 | |
| 53 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 17 | |
| 10 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 88.9 to 91 | |
| 93.7 to 96.9 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 3.1 to 3.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 8.5 to 9.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |