357.0 Aluminum vs. 5652 Aluminum
Both 357.0 aluminum and 5652 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 357.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is 5652 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 95 | |
| 47 to 77 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 | |
| 6.8 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 76 | |
| 60 to 140 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 200 | |
| 110 to 170 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 | |
| 190 to 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 | |
| 74 to 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 500 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 620 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 560 | |
| 610 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 910 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 150 | |
| 140 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 39 | |
| 35 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 140 | |
| 120 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1110 | |
| 1190 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 11 | |
| 12 to 39 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 620 | |
| 40 to 480 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 53 | |
| 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 38 | |
| 20 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 43 | |
| 27 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 64 | |
| 57 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 8.4 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 91.3 to 93.1 | |
| 95.8 to 97.7 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.45 to 0.6 | |
| 2.2 to 2.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |