5059 Aluminum vs. 5456 Aluminum
Both 5059 aluminum and 5456 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 5059 aluminum and the bottom bar is 5456 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 25 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 240 | |
| 130 to 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 220 to 250 | |
| 190 to 210 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 410 | |
| 320 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 to 300 | |
| 150 to 250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 65 | |
| 65 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 510 | |
| 570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 29 | |
| 29 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 95 | |
| 97 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.1 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1160 | |
| 1170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 42 to 75 | |
| 33 to 46 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 650 | |
| 170 to 470 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 36 to 42 | |
| 33 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 45 | |
| 38 to 40 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 44 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 14 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 89.9 to 94 | |
| 92 to 94.8 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 4.7 to 5.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.050 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |