5182 aluminium alloy

5182 Aluminium alloy has magnesium and manganese as minor elements. 5182 Aluminium alloy is used in the automobile industry for making various parts of vehicles.

Composition
Element [1] Weight Percentage (%)
Aluminium 95.2
Magnesium 4.5
Manganese 0.3

Mechanical properties
Property [2] Value
Density 2.7 gm/cc
U.T.S. 280 to 420 MPa
Yield strength 130 to 360 MPa
Fatigue strength 100 to 130 MPa
Young’s modulus 68 GPa

Thermal properties
Property [2] Value
Melting Point 640 °C
Specific heat capacity 900 J/kg K
Thermal conductivity 130 W/mK

Applications
  • Audi A8 (D2)’s structural panel [3]
  • BMW Z8’s inner panel [3]
  • Rolls Royce phantom’s structural panel [3]

Aluminium alloy table

References
  1. "Aluminium alloy composition".
  2. "Aluminium 5182 mechanical properties".
  3. "Applications of Aluminium alloy 5182" (PDF).
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