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5086 Aluminum vs. Type 1 Magnetic Alloy

5086 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while Type 1 magnetic alloy belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is 5086 aluminum and the bottom bar is Type 1 magnetic alloy.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.7 to 20
4.0 to 38
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.3
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 270 to 390
500 to 830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 110 to 320
220 to 790

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
270
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 590
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
460
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 31
3.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 100
3.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
31
Density, g/cm3 2.7
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.8
5.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
77
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 5.8 to 42
33 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 86 to 770
130 to 1690
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
12
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 40
17 to 28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 34 to 44
17 to 24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 17
16 to 26

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93 to 96.3
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 0.050 to 0.25
0 to 0.3
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
50.7 to 56.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 3.5 to 4.5
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.7
0 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0
43.5 to 46.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants