5454 Aluminum vs. 2219 Aluminum
Both 5454 aluminum and 2219 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 5454 aluminum and the bottom bar is 2219 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 72 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 18 | |
| 2.2 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 83 to 160 | |
| 90 to 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 27 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 140 to 200 | |
| 110 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 230 to 350 | |
| 180 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 97 to 290 | |
| 88 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 230 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 600 | |
| 540 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 870 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 110 to 170 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 22 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 34 | |
| 28 to 44 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 110 | |
| 81 to 130 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.6 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1180 | |
| 1130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 6.3 to 34 | |
| 9.6 to 60 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 68 to 590 | |
| 54 to 1060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 44 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 36 | |
| 16 to 43 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 30 to 41 | |
| 23 to 44 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 55 | |
| 42 to 63 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 16 | |
| 8.2 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 94.5 to 97.1 | |
| 91.5 to 93.8 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 5.8 to 6.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 2.4 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.020 to 0.1 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |