Premium AA 5052 H36 Aluminum Alloy – Superior Corrosion Resistance & Welding Performance

Aluminum AA 5052 is a non-heat treatable alloy with excellent finishing qualities. AA 5052 offers better corrosion resistance than most aluminum alloys, especially to salt water and marine atmospheres. This alloy can be readily welded using most common techniques and is in fact offers some of the best welding characteristics of all aluminum alloys.

Properties

General

Property	Value	Condition	Related Standards
Density	2.68 g/cm³	H36	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547

Mechanical

Property	Value	Condition	Related Standards	Comment
Bending Fatigue Strength	130.0 MPa	H36	AA Standards
Elastic modulus	70.0 GPa	H36	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547
Hardness, Brinell	73.0 [-]	H36	AA Standards
Plane-Strain Fracture Toughnes	22.0 - 35.0 MPa·√m			Typical for Wrought 5000 Series Aluminium
Poisson's ratio	0.33 [-]			Typical for Wrought 5000 Series Aluminium
Shear modulus	26.0 - 26.5 GPa			Typical for Wrought 5000 Series Aluminium
Tensile strength	255.0 - 305.0 MPa	H36	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B313, ASTM B547
	255.0 MPa	H36	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B211
	275.0 MPa	H36	AA Standards
	355.0 MPa	H36	AA Standards, ASTM B483

Thermal

Property	Temperature	Value	Condition	Related Standards	Comment
Coefficient of thermal expansion	20 °C	2.38e-05 1/K	H36	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547
	100 °C	2.38e-05 1/K	H36	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547
Max service temperature		150.0 °C			Typical for Wrought 5000 Series Aluminium
Melting point		605.0 - 650.0 °C	H36	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547
Specific heat capacity		879.0 - 963.0 J/(kg·K)			Typical for Wrought 5000 Series Aluminium
Thermal conductivity		138 W/(m·K)	H36	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547

Electrical

Property	Value	Condition	Related Standards
Electrical conductivity	20000000.0 S/m	H36	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547
Electrical resistivity	5e-08 Ω·m	H36	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547

Chemical properties

Property	Value	Condition	Related Standards
Chromium	0.15 - 0.35 %	H36	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547
Copper	0.1 %	H36	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547
Iron	0.40 %	H36	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547
Magnesium	2.2 - 2.8 %	H36	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547
Manganese	0.1 %	H36	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547
Silicon	0.25 %	H36	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547
Zinc	0.1 %	H36	AA Standards, ASTM B209, ASTM B210, ASTM B211, ASTM B313, ASTM B483, ASTM B547

Technological properties

Property
Brazing	general: limited brazing
Corrosion properties	Stress corrosion cracking: no damage during operation and laboratory tests, general: very good, without protection in industrial or seawater atmosphere
General machinability	General: poor (O, H32), sufficient (H34, H36, H38)
Workability	general (condition): good (O), acceptable (H32, H34), poor(H36, H38)

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