5026 Aluminum vs. 201.0 Aluminum
Both 5026 aluminum and 201.0 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 5026 aluminum and the bottom bar is 201.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 71 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.1 to 11 | |
| 4.4 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 94 to 140 | |
| 120 to 150 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 27 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 150 to 180 | |
| 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 260 to 320 | |
| 370 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 250 | |
| 220 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 210 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 510 | |
| 570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 890 | |
| 870 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 31 | |
| 30 to 33 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 99 | |
| 87 to 97 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 38 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.8 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.9 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 15 to 29 | |
| 19 to 63 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 440 | |
| 330 to 1160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 49 | |
| 45 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 32 | |
| 33 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 37 | |
| 37 to 44 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 52 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 14 | |
| 19 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 88.2 to 94.7 | |
| 92.1 to 95.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.1 to 0.8 | |
| 4.0 to 5.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.2 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 3.9 to 4.9 | |
| 0.15 to 0.55 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.8 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.55 to 1.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |