358.0 Aluminum vs. 5182 Aluminum
Both 358.0 aluminum and 5182 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 358.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is 5182 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.5 to 6.0 | |
| 1.1 to 12 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 100 to 110 | |
| 100 to 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 25 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 320 | |
| 170 to 240 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 370 | |
| 280 to 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 320 | |
| 130 to 360 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 520 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 600 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 560 | |
| 590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 150 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 36 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 130 | |
| 94 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.7 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1090 | |
| 1180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 20 | |
| 2.6 to 49 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 590 to 710 | |
| 120 to 950 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 53 | |
| 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 37 to 39 | |
| 29 to 44 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 42 to 44 | |
| 36 to 47 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 63 | |
| 53 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 17 | |
| 12 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 89.1 to 91.8 | |
| 93.2 to 95.8 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 7.6 to 8.6 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.1 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |