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5026-O Aluminum

5026-O aluminum is 5026 aluminum in the annealed condition. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare 5026-O aluminum to: 5000-series alloys (top), all aluminum alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

70 GPa 10 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

10 %

Fatigue Strength

120 MPa 17 x 103 psi

Poisson's Ratio

0.33

Shear Modulus

26 GPa 3.8 x 106 psi

Shear Strength

150 MPa 22 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

260 MPa 38 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

120 MPa 17 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

400 J/g

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical

210 °C 420 °F

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

650 °C 1200 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

510 °C 960 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

890 J/kg-K 0.21 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

130 W/m-K 75 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

23 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

31 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)

99 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price

9.5 % relative

Density

2.8 g/cm3 170 lb/ft3

Embodied Carbon

8.9 kg CO2/kg material

Embodied Energy

150 MJ/kg 66 x 103 BTU/lb

Embodied Water

1150 L/kg 140 gal/lb

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)

22 MJ/m3

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

100 kJ/m3

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

14 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

49 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

26 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

33 points

Thermal Diffusivity

52 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

11 points

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al)Al 88.2 to 94.7
Magnesium (Mg)Mg 3.9 to 4.9
Manganese (Mn)Mn 0.6 to 1.8
Silicon (Si)Si 0.55 to 1.4
Iron (Fe)Fe 0.2 to 1.0
Zinc (Zn)Zn 0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu)Cu 0.1 to 0.8
Chromium (Cr)Cr 0 to 0.3
Zirconium (Zr)Zr 0 to 0.3
Titanium (Ti)Ti 0 to 0.2
Residualsres. 0 to 0.15

All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.

Followup Questions

Further Reading

Iron in Aluminium Alloys: Impurity and Alloying Element, N. A. Belov et al., 2002

Handbook of Aluminum vol. 2: Alloy Production and Materials Manufacturing, George Totten and D. Scott MacKenzie (editors), 2003

EN 485-2: Aluminium and aluminium alloys. Sheet, strip and plate. Mechanical properties

ISO 6361-2: Wrought aluminium and aluminium alloys - Sheets, strips and plates - Part 2: Mechanical properties

EN 573-3: Aluminium and aluminium alloys. Chemical composition and form of wrought products. Chemical composition and form of products