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5754-O Aluminum

5754-O aluminum is 5754 aluminum in the annealed condition. It has the second lowest strength and highest ductility compared to the other variants of 5754 aluminum. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare 5754-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

Brinell Hardness

52

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

68 GPa 9.9 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

19 %

Fatigue Strength

96 MPa 14 x 103 psi

Poisson's Ratio

0.33

Shear Modulus

26 GPa 3.7 x 106 psi

Shear Strength

130 MPa 19 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

210 MPa 31 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

90 MPa 13 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

400 J/g

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical

190 °C 370 °F

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

650 °C 1190 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

600 °C 1100 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

900 J/kg-K 0.22 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

130 W/m-K 76 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

24 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

33 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)

110 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price

9.5 % relative

Density

2.7 g/cm3 170 lb/ft3

Embodied Carbon

8.7 kg CO2/kg material

Embodied Energy

150 MJ/kg 66 x 103 BTU/lb

Embodied Water

1180 L/kg 140 gal/lb

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)

32 MJ/m3

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

60 kJ/m3

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

14 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

50 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

22 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

29 points

Thermal Diffusivity

54 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

9.5 points

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al)Al 94.2 to 97.4
Magnesium (Mg)Mg 2.6 to 3.6
Manganese (Mn)Mn 0 to 0.5
Silicon (Si)Si 0 to 0.4
Iron (Fe)Fe 0 to 0.4
Chromium (Cr)Cr 0 to 0.3
Zinc (Zn)Zn 0 to 0.2
Titanium (Ti)Ti 0 to 0.15
Copper (Cu)Cu 0 to 0.1
Residualsres. 0 to 0.15

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

Followup Questions

Further Reading

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

EN 754-2: Aluminium and aluminium alloys. Cold drawn rod/bar and tube. Mechanical properties

Advanced Materials in Automotive Engineering, Jason Rowe (editor), 2012

ASTM B209: Standard Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Sheet and Plate

EN 755-2: Aluminium and aluminium alloys. Extruded rod/bar, tube and profiles. Mechanical properties

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

Properties and Selection: Nonferrous Alloys and Special-Purpose Materials, ASM Handbook vol. 2, ASM International, 1993