Metal
Aluminum 2024-T4 bar/rod, 3.175-138 mm (MIL-HDBK-5H)
Historical public-release S-basis T4 bar/rod reference conservatively combined through 138 mm.
Properties
Physical
| Property | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Density | 2768 | kg/m^3 |
Mechanical
| Property | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Ultimate tensile strength, L | 427.475 | MPa |
| Tensile yield strength, L | 275.79 | MPa |
| Ultimate tensile strength, LT | 358.527 | MPa |
| Tensile yield strength, LT | 248.211 | MPa |
| Compressive yield strength, L | 220.632 | MPa |
| Ultimate shear strength | 255.106 | MPa |
| Elongation, L | 10 | % |
| Ramberg-Osgood exponent, tension L | 50 | - |
| Ramberg-Osgood exponent, compression L | 10 | - |
| Young's modulus | 72.395 | GPa |
| Compression modulus | 73.774 | GPa |
| Shear modulus | 27.579 | GPa |
| Poisson's ratio | 0.33 | - |
Units
Condition
- Condition
- 2024-T4; rolled, drawn or cold-finished bar/rod; 3.175-138 mm
- Temper
- T4
- Heat treatment
- solution heat treated and naturally aged; source warns T4 is obsolete for new design
- Product form
- rolled, drawn or cold-finished bar or rod
- Thickness / diameter range
- 0.125-5.433 in (3.175-138 mm), within the 0.125-6.000 in table bands
- Test direction
- L and LT where available; lower listed value across applicable size bands
- Processing route
- wrought heat-treatable aluminum bar or rod
- Temperature range
- 21 ... 21 degC
- Notes
- Room-temperature historical handbook values. Applicability is limited to the exact alloy, temper/condition, product form, size band, material axis, statistical basis, and specification identified by the cited table. Historical reference only; confirm the current procurement specification and material test report.
Standards
No material standards linked.
Record status
- Category
- Metal
- Unit system
- Common SI