332.0 Aluminum vs. 5657 Aluminum
Both 332.0 aluminum and 5657 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 332.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is 5657 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 110 | |
| 40 to 50 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 | |
| 6.6 to 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 90 | |
| 74 to 88 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 190 | |
| 92 to 110 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 250 | |
| 150 to 200 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 | |
| 140 to 170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 530 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 580 | |
| 660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 530 | |
| 640 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 880 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 100 | |
| 210 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 | |
| 54 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 84 | |
| 180 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1040 | |
| 1200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.3 | |
| 9.7 to 27 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 | |
| 140 to 200 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 23 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 42 | |
| 84 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
| 6.7 to 8.6 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 80.1 to 89 | |
| 98.5 to 99.4 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Gallium (Ga), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 8.5 to 10.5 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |