A201.0 Aluminum vs. 5254 Aluminum
Both A201.0 aluminum and 5254 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is A201.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is 5254 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.7 | |
| 3.4 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 97 | |
| 110 to 160 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 | |
| 240 to 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 420 | |
| 100 to 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 570 | |
| 590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 880 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 30 | |
| 32 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 90 | |
| 110 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.0 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1150 | |
| 1180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 22 | |
| 11 to 41 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1250 | |
| 73 to 550 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 46 | |
| 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 45 | |
| 32 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 46 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 10 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 94.4 to 96.8 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.45 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 3.1 to 3.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.45 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |