5052-H32 Aluminum vs. Cold Drawn SAE-AISI 1020
5052-H32 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while cold drawn SAE-AISI 1020 belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 5052-H32 aluminum and the bottom bar is cold drawn SAE-AISI 1020.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 60 | |
| 130 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 | |
| 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 140 | |
| 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 230 | |
| 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 180 | |
| 380 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 610 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 140 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 35 | |
| 11 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 120 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.6 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1190 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 26 | |
| 72 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 | |
| 380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 57 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 95.8 to 97.7 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.18 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 99.08 to 99.52 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 2.2 to 2.8 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |