5252 Aluminum vs. 380.0 Aluminum
Both 5252 aluminum and 380.0 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 5252 aluminum and the bottom bar is 380.0 aluminum.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 68 to 75 | |
| 80 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 | |
| 74 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 to 11 | |
| 3.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 100 to 110 | |
| 140 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 25 | |
| 28 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 140 to 160 | |
| 190 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 230 to 290 | |
| 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 to 240 | |
| 160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 510 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 590 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 610 | |
| 540 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 910 | |
| 870 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 140 | |
| 100 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 22 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 34 | |
| 27 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 120 | |
| 83 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.7 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1190 | |
| 1040 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 23 | |
| 8.0 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 430 | |
| 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
| 48 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 30 | |
| 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 to 36 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 57 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 13 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
Deprecated: Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /home/public/compare.php on line 452
| Aluminum (Al), % | 96.6 to 97.8 | |
| 79.6 to 89.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 2.2 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 7.5 to 9.5 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |